Wall Street Journal Crossword May 24, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword May 24, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from May 24, 2025 contains 140 total clues—65 across and 75 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Wall Street Journal crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Saddle-securing bands	GIRTHS
7A	Has hopes	ASPIRES
14A	Car part missing from Teslas	GASCAP
20A	Ancient meeting grounds	AGORAE
21A	Cigar with square-cut ends	CHEROOT
22A	Delphi’s patron god	APOLLO
23A	Specialty of a sham fortuneteller?	FUTUREPRETENSE
25A	Staircase posts	NEWELS
26A	Risky thing to tempt	FATE
27A	Do some wool gathering	SHEAR
28A	Item in a clutch	EGG
30A	Gaping reaction	AWE
31A	Ending for ethyl or methyl	ENE
32A	Qing dynasty general with a namesake dish	TSO
33A	Records department clerk?	FILEPRESERVER
39A	Shine	LUSTER
41A	Psych 101 subject	EGO
42A	Block borders	STREETS
43A	Scurrier on the sand	CRAB
44A	Rise up	REVOLT
47A	Map publisher since 1905	AAA
48A	“Za” (“behind”) or “przy” (“by”), e.g.?	POLEPREPOSITION
53A	Tough spare to make	SPLIT
57A	Priestly musketeer	ARAMIS
58A	Rudimentary residence	HUT
59A	Put forward	OFFER
61A	Took in	ADMITTED
62A	Morocco’s capital	RABAT
63A	Of an ancient Cretan civilization	MINOAN
66A	Corn unit	EAR
67A	Dir. opposite NNW	SSE
68A	School whose cricket matches take place on Mespots	ETON
69A	Introduction that claims the following chapters will be unforgettable?	BOLDPREFACE
72A	Capture electronically	SCAN
73A	Conjunction often paired with another	NOR
74A	Bounder	CAD
75A	Foul-smelling flow	SEWAGE
76A	College of Central Florida site	OCALA
77A	Quarter of dodici	TRE
78A	Staggering	AREEL
81A	Book jacket bit	BIO
82A	Bump’s place, in idiom	ONALOG
83A	Coffee add-in	SYRUP
85A	Bishop dreaming of becoming archbishop?	SLEEPINGPRELATE
89A	Veterans Day mo.	NOV
91A	Marimbist’s tool	MALLET
92A	Post-gym woe	ACHE
93A	Holy spots	SHRINES
97A	Enjoy a run	SKI
98A	Moves with a rushing sound	WHISHES
102A	Manna, for the Israelites?	HEAVENPRESENT
106A	Pickleball need	PADDLE
107A	Temple cabinet	ARK
108A	Tolkien’s Galadriel, e.g.	ELF
109A	Produit de Perrier	EAU
110A	“Bellefleur” author	OATES
112A	It flows through Florence	ARNO
113A	“No worries, it’s just a scratch”	IMFINE
116A	Fraudster impersonating an attorney?	LEGALPRETENDER
121A	Helen who was one of the ACLU’s co-founders	KELLER
122A	Campaign winner	ELECTEE
123A	Makeup item?	LINER
124A	Knights’ mounts	STEEDS
125A	Indecisive	DITHERY
126A	Phone beeps	ALERTS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Set electrician	GAFFER
2D	Pet with a spiny crest	IGUANA
3D	Spoiled	ROTTEN
4D	Steadfast	LOYAL
5D	Guffaw sound	HAR
6D	Reacts to a haymaker, perhaps	SEESSTARS
7D	Cropland unit	ACRE
8D	Barley bundle	SHEAF
9D	Dish namesake	PETRI
10D	Furious feeling	IRE
11D	One of Ginny Weasley’s brothers	RON
12D	Dawn goddess	EOS
13D	Take the wheel	STEER
14D	Rap genre	HIPHOP
15D	Primatology subject	APE
16D	Plant	SEED
17D	Cut through	CLEAVE
18D	Utterly wrong	ALLWET
19D	Tricky puzzles	POSERS
24D	One of Saturn’s outermost moons	PHOEBE
29D	Some refrigerators	GES
32D	Trap for mammoths	TARPIT
34D	Author Primo	LEVI
35D	Entertainer’s fourfold accomplishment	EGOT
36D	Target of a 1950s vaccine	POLIO
37D	Photoshop tool	ERASER
38D	Take in	ABSORB
40D	Representative of death, in an O’Neill title	ICEMAN
44D	Semifinals, e.g.	ROUND
45D	Precludes, in court	ESTOPS
46D	Outdo	ONEUP
48D	You might sit for them	PARENTS
49D	Eloquent speech	RHETORIC
50D	September honoree	LABORER
51D	Three-time Masters champ Mickelson	PHIL
52D	Lilibet, to William	NIECE
54D	Milan opera house	LASCALA
55D	“That’s pricey”	ITSALOT
56D	Like Romeo and Juliet	TEENAGE
60D	Highlands denial	NAE
63D	Fashions	SHAPES
64D	Verb for you	ARE
65D	Greenhorn	NEWBIE
69D	Spot for a shot	BAR
70D	Difficult to make out	FAINT
71D	Quite eager	AGOG
72D	Justice symbol	SCALES
74D	Boss of the Chicago Outfit	CAPONE
76D	Kind of musical wonder	ONEHIT
79D	Tree with grooved bark	ELM
80D	Dealership document	LEASE
82D	Group of players	ORCHESTRA
84D	Coll. kin	UNIV
86D	Order with lodges	ELKS
87D	Ballet bend	PLIE
88D	“Parks and Recreation” town	PAWNEE
90D	Decorative layers	VENEERS
93D	Arab leaders	SHEIKS
94D	Giant headgear	HELMET
95D	Fundraising option	RAFFLE
96D	Yoga venue	SPA
99D	Closer to 10, according to Mohs	HARDER
100D	Rutherford who’s regarded as the founder of nuclear physics	ERNEST
101D	Hybrid garments	SKORTS
103D	Held power	RULED
104D	Nick of “48 Hrs.”	NOLTE
105D	Come to a point	TAPER
111D	“South Park” co-creator Parker	TREY
112D	Chips for cards	ANTE
114D	Land surrounded by la mer	ILE
115D	Homer’s neighbor	NED
117D	Quarterback Manning	ELI
118D	Acquire	GET
119D	Cry in Cologne	ACH
120D	Twisty fish	EEL

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