WSJ Crossword May 23 2026 Answers (5/23/26)

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WSJ Crossword May 23, 2026 Answers

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« May 21 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Guy in charge, informally
8A	Ready to come home
14A	Jahmyr of the Detroit Lions
19A	Chemistry pioneer Lavoisier
20A	Flourished
21A	Ryan of “Barry Lyndon”
22A	Doughy ball rescued from the trash?
24A	Tureen accessory
25A	Hotel register listing
26A	Invention’s origin
27A	Trade show presentation
29A	Pops
30A	When you’ll get in, briefly
31A	Memo abbr.
33A	Seeking strikes while steamed?
37A	Rotunda feature
39A	Carrot, e.g.
41A	Cunning maneuvers
42A	In the past
43A	Urge on
45A	Talk trash about
48A	Wise guys
49A	Showing off one’s costume to one’s Belle-dressed partner?
53A	Bill stamp
55A	Nationals, before 2005
56A	2008 box set of Kiss songs
57A	Had no worries
61A	Bus. sch. course
62A	Experts: Var.
64A	Tiramisu dusting
65A	Equip
66A	Preparation for state fair judging?
68A	Roethlisberger throwing a long pass?
70A	Saison au soleil
71A	Passing handily
72A	Made a touchdown
73A	EDM DJ Steve
74A	Maliciously altered photo
76A	Thompson of the “Thor” films
77A	Layer of cement?
78A	To be, to Balzac
79A	Extra in “The Birds”?
82A	Flight components
85A	Less trusting
86A	“Frozen” sister
87A	Tailor’s aids
88A	Cologne containers
90A	Notary’s mark
92A	Many an Omani
96A	Notion in New Delhi?
100A	Newspaper section
102A	Some cells
103A	“Huh-uh”
104A	Artemis org.
105A	Twisty creatures
107A	Raised with effort
109A	Filled with passion
111A	Warmth experienced when appearing onstage?
115A	French film award
116A	Avoided extinction, in a way
117A	Put in order
118A	Aardwolf’s kin
119A	Outdoor clothing company named for a burrowing rodent
120A	More irritable
1D	Like groceries on the way home
2D	Proceeding unthinkingly
3D	Watch on a phone, maybe
4D	Gives in to sorrow
5D	Roadster with a Skyactiv engine
6D	Hundred-millionth of a centimeter
7D	Previously named
8D	Mesoamerican people on the Gulf of Mexico coast
9D	Stock valuation phrase
10D	Neighbor of Arg. and Braz.
11D	Biarritz bestie
12D	Forwards
13D	Pass carefully
14D	Stoop to smears and insults
15D	Words with pickle or jam
16D	Brooklinen wares
17D	Account figure
18D	Arctic transports
20D	Potential leaf
23D	Purple snorkasaurus of TV
28D	Cal. dozen
32D	Commotion
34D	Bids “one club,” say
35D	Arduous ordeal
36D	A bunch
38D	Some printers
40D	Graceland nickname
44D	Some QB protectors
46D	Beside
47D	Containers for mushy peas
48D	Plucked instrument
49D	Indicated successful locking with a key fob
50D	Stir up
51D	Elliptical orbit extreme
52D	Dreamy
53D	Fruit from an Orléans orchard
54D	One way to think
57D	Henry, Jane and Peter, with a combined 12 Oscar nominations
58D	Melodic opera pieces
59D	Inform against, informally
60D	Mischievous Halloween prank
62D	“In ___” (song from the Beach Boys album “Still Cruisin’”)
63D	Matching
64D	Sources of holy smokes
67D	White House residents of 1910
68D	Count of jazz
69D	Yellow Teletubby
72D	Third son of Jacob and Leah
75D	Sister brand of Gatorade
76D	Trunks
77D	Fields of cookies?
79D	Hectic spot on Black Friday
80D	Rent
81D	Rational, informally
82D	Chicken Florentine ingredient
83D	“SNL” head writer from 1999 to 2006
84D	How sausage links are connected
85D	T’Challa’s realm
88D	Through
89D	Jeans measurement
91D	Natural manner
93D	Twisty pasta
94D	Get satisfaction for
95D	Animal on Wisconsin’s flag
97D	“Echoes of ___” (1982 jazz album by Chaka Khan , Chick Corea and others)
98D	“Cool!”
99D	“Our Lady of the Flowers” novelist
101D	Oracles
106D	Screen type
108D	No longer fizzy
110D	Hightailed it
112D	La Brea stuff
113D	Turning fig.
114D	Budget excess

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