Wall Street Journal Crossword May 18 2026 Answers

1Fezzes and fedoras4 5Ravine5 10Place for a figurehead4 14Jacob’s twin4 15Bird-based5 16Item in a tackle box4 17Strap for a rider4 18On the up and up5 19Skeptical snort4 20For-profit company that meets social and environmental standards12 23Conditions3 24Most adorable6 28Michigan Wolverines football coach from 1969 to 198914 33Centers5 34Strap for a walker5 35Peg on a course3 36Curtain holders4 37Kilmer of “Willow”3 38Statistics figure4 39Tad Lincoln’s dad3 40Designer Geoffrey5 42Dog-___ (like some book pages)5 43Anaconda’s kin14 46“See ya!”6 47GE acquisition of 19863 48Shipyard doings, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme12 55Titan of industry4 58Hired thugs5 59Scent4 60Wife of Zeus4 61Undermine5 62Capital of Italia4 63Printers’ buys4 64Trade expo presentations5 65Winter glider4

1Tarragon or thyme4 2“Hold on ___!”4 3“Break Your Heart” singer Cruz4 4Offerings from Aurora8 5Rubber6 6Finished4 7Latvia’s capital4 8Way of walking4 9Dangles a carrot in front of7 10Base for a statue6 11Massage3 12Mine cart fill3 13Like monsoon season3 21One-stripers in the USMC4 22Pained cry4 25Opponent for 38-Down, in Spain6 26Farm machine6 27Trapped, in a way5 28Minor mistake6 29Tribulation6 30Some toymakers5 31Intended5 32Farm machine5 33Beach scurriers5 38Wavers of capes8 40U2 frontman4 41Wearing a ring, maybe7 42O.T. book after Proverbs4 44Hooded snakes6 45Subject of some Van Gogh paintings6 49Ripped4 50Explosive sound4 51Edit menu option4 52Person on a pedestal4 53Alaskan city4 54Mortarboard flinger4 55X in Greece3 56Buddhist discipline3 57Vessel not made in a shipyard3