WSJ Crossword May 24 2025 Answers (5/24/25)

Our WSJ Crossword May 24, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.

WSJ Crossword May 24, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 5/24/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Saddle-securing bands
7A	Has hopes
14A	Car part missing from Teslas
20A	Ancient meeting grounds
21A	Cigar with square-cut ends
22A	Delphi’s patron god
23A	Specialty of a sham fortuneteller?
25A	Staircase posts
26A	Risky thing to tempt
27A	Do some wool gathering
28A	Item in a clutch
30A	Gaping reaction
31A	Ending for ethyl or methyl
32A	Qing dynasty general with a namesake dish
33A	Records department clerk?
39A	Shine
41A	Psych 101 subject
42A	Block borders
43A	Scurrier on the sand
44A	Rise up
47A	Map publisher since 1905
48A	“Za” (“behind”) or “przy” (“by”), e.g.?
53A	Tough spare to make
57A	Priestly musketeer
58A	Rudimentary residence
59A	Put forward
61A	Took in
62A	Morocco’s capital
63A	Of an ancient Cretan civilization
66A	Corn unit
67A	Dir. opposite NNW
68A	School whose cricket matches take place on Mespots
69A	Introduction that claims the following chapters will be unforgettable?
72A	Capture electronically
73A	Conjunction often paired with another
74A	Bounder
75A	Foul-smelling flow
76A	College of Central Florida site
77A	Quarter of dodici
78A	Staggering
81A	Book jacket bit
82A	Bump’s place, in idiom
83A	Coffee add-in
85A	Bishop dreaming of becoming archbishop?
89A	Veterans Day mo.
91A	Marimbist’s tool
92A	Post-gym woe
93A	Holy spots
97A	Enjoy a run
98A	Moves with a rushing sound
102A	Manna, for the Israelites?
106A	Pickleball need
107A	Temple cabinet
108A	Tolkien’s Galadriel, e.g.
109A	Produit de Perrier
110A	“Bellefleur” author
112A	It flows through Florence
113A	“No worries, it’s just a scratch”
116A	Fraudster impersonating an attorney?
121A	Helen who was one of the ACLU’s co-founders
122A	Campaign winner
123A	Makeup item?
124A	Knights’ mounts
125A	Indecisive
126A	Phone beeps
1D	Set electrician
2D	Pet with a spiny crest
3D	Spoiled
4D	Steadfast
5D	Guffaw sound
6D	Reacts to a haymaker, perhaps
7D	Cropland unit
8D	Barley bundle
9D	Dish namesake
10D	Furious feeling
11D	One of Ginny Weasley’s brothers
12D	Dawn goddess
13D	Take the wheel
14D	Rap genre
15D	Primatology subject
16D	Plant
17D	Cut through
18D	Utterly wrong
19D	Tricky puzzles
24D	One of Saturn’s outermost moons
29D	Some refrigerators
32D	Trap for mammoths
34D	Author Primo
35D	Entertainer’s fourfold accomplishment
36D	Target of a 1950s vaccine
37D	Photoshop tool
38D	Take in
40D	Representative of death, in an O’Neill title
44D	Semifinals, e.g.
45D	Precludes, in court
46D	Outdo
48D	You might sit for them
49D	Eloquent speech
50D	September honoree
51D	Three-time Masters champ Mickelson
52D	Lilibet, to William
54D	Milan opera house
55D	“That’s pricey”
56D	Like Romeo and Juliet
60D	Highlands denial
63D	Fashions
64D	Verb for you
65D	Greenhorn
69D	Spot for a shot
70D	Difficult to make out
71D	Quite eager
72D	Justice symbol
74D	Boss of the Chicago Outfit
76D	Kind of musical wonder
79D	Tree with grooved bark
80D	Dealership document
82D	Group of players
84D	Coll. kin
86D	Order with lodges
87D	Ballet bend
88D	“Parks and Recreation” town
90D	Decorative layers
93D	Arab leaders
94D	Giant headgear
95D	Fundraising option
96D	Yoga venue
99D	Closer to 10, according to Mohs
100D	Rutherford who’s regarded as the founder of nuclear physics
101D	Hybrid garments
103D	Held power
104D	Nick of “48 Hrs.”
105D	Come to a point
111D	“South Park” co-creator Parker
112D	Chips for cards
114D	Land surrounded by la mer
115D	Homer’s neighbor
117D	Quarterback Manning
118D	Acquire
119D	Cry in Cologne
120D	Twisty fish

The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.

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