WSJ Crossword hints and answers for May 26, 2026
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
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Today’s WSJ Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Part of a dog’s paw (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPAD→
4A
First-year collegian, informally (5)
Starts with F, ends with HFROSH→
9A
Potions professor at Hogwarts (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESNAPE→
14A
Lincoln nickname (3)
Starts with A, ends with EABE→
15A
Event with bulls and broncos (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORODEO→
16A
Subject (5)
Starts with T, ends with CTOPIC→
17A
African viper (9)
Starts with P, ends with RPUFFADDER→
19A
In the midst of (5)
Starts with A, ends with GAMONG→
20A
Once in a while (7)
Starts with A, ends with SATTIMES→
21A
Cancún cloaks (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSERAPES→
23A
School of Buddhism (3)
Starts with Z, ends with NZEN→
24A
Idris of “Pacific Rim” (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
25A
Joan in the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (4)
Starts with B, ends with ZBAEZ→
28A
2015 Maroon 5 song with a longer profane title (10)
Starts with T, ends with RTHISSUMMER→
34A
Santa’s crew (5)
Starts with E, ends with SELVES→
36A
Lend ___ (listen) (5)
Starts with A, ends with RANEAR→
37A
Bullring cry (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
38A
Comedic tribute (5)
Starts with R, ends with TROAST→
39A
U-Haul offering (3)
Starts with V, ends with NVAN→
40A
No longer woolly, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSHORN→
42A
Wrap up (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
43A
Projectionist’s units (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREELS→
45A
Deck for diviners (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTAROT→
46A
Designated driver, perhaps (10)
Starts with T, ends with RTEETOTALER→
49A
Florida feature (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKEYS→
50A
Computing machine creator Turing (4)
Starts with A, ends with NALAN→
51A
Finish for Gator or hater (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
53A
Like books that make you feel things? (7)
Starts with B, ends with EBRAILLE→
56A
“I give up!” (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSCREWIT→
60A
Score of two under par (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEAGLE→
61A
“You can figure it out,” and what the last words of 17-, 28- and 46-Across accomplish (9)
Starts with D, ends with HDOTHEMATH→
63A
Fielding flub (5)
Starts with E, ends with RERROR→
64A
“Peer Gynt” composer (5)
Starts with G, ends with GGRIEG→
65A
Earth: Prefix (3)
Starts with G, ends with OGEO→
66A
Psychiatry session subject (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFEARS→
67A
Some British nobles (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEARLS→
68A
Creature in Liberty Mutual ads (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEMU→
Down
1D
Letter between Oscar and Quebec in the NATO phonetic alphabet (4)
Starts with P, ends with APAPA→
2D
Share a border with (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABUT→
3D
Nimble-fingered (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDEFT→
4D
Oil container? (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFRAME→
5D
Chipmunk or chinchilla (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRODENT→
6D
Track figures (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODDS→
7D
Take in (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
8D
Savvy (10)
Starts with H, ends with EHORSESENSE→
9D
Type symbol akin to an asterisk (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSTARBURST→
10D
Polite denial (6)
Starts with N, ends with MNOMAAM→
11D
For each (4)
Starts with A, ends with PAPOP→
12D
Cabinet wood (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPINE→
13D
Sinus rhythm traces, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with SECGS→
18D
Gin drinks (6)
Starts with F, ends with SFIZZES→
22D
Anna’s sister in “Frozen” (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELSA→
25D
Cap for a beatnik (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBERET→
26D
Without help (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALONE→
29D
Be more likely to win, maybe (10)
Starts with H, ends with EHAVEANEDGE→
30D
Counting everything (5)
Starts with I, ends with LINALL→
31D
Maryland governor Wes (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMOORE→
32D
Son of George and Jane Jetson (5)
Starts with E, ends with YELROY→
33D
Doesn’t own (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRENTS→
35D
Transports for tots (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSTROLLERS→
41D
House minority leader Jeffries (6)
Starts with H, ends with MHAKEEM→
44D
List-shortening abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
47D
Savile Row pro (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTAILOR→
48D
Zegler of 2025’s “Snow White” (6)
Starts with R, ends with LRACHEL→
52D
Winery sediment (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDREGS→
53D
Burrito choice (4)
Starts with B, ends with FBEEF→
54D
Quite uncommon (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERARE→
55D
Taj Mahal city (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGRA→
56D
Recipe verb (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
57D
Worker’s due (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWAGE→
62D
Rita of “The Masked Singer” (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for May 26, 2026?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Part of a dog’s paw (PAD); First-year collegian, informally (FROSH); Potions professor at Hogwarts (SNAPE).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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