Wall Street Journal Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

1Guy in charge, informally7 8Ready to come home6 14Jahmyr of the Detroit Lions5 19Chemistry pioneer Lavoisier7 20Flourished7 21Ryan of “Barry Lyndon”5 22Doughy ball rescued from the trash?15 24Tureen accessory5 25Hotel register listing6 26Invention’s origin4 27Trade show presentation4 29Pops3 30When you’ll get in, briefly3 31Memo abbr.4 33Seeking strikes while steamed?12 37Rotunda feature4 39Carrot, e.g.4 41Cunning maneuvers5 42In the past4 43Urge on4 45Talk trash about6 48Wise guys5 49Showing off one’s costume to one’s Belle-dressed partner?13 53Bill stamp4 55Nationals, before 20055 562008 box set of Kiss songs5 57Had no worries8 61Bus. sch. course4 62Experts: Var.6 64Tiramisu dusting5 65Equip3 66Preparation for state fair judging?10 68Roethlisberger throwing a long pass?10 70Saison au soleil3 71Passing handily5 72Made a touchdown6 73EDM DJ Steve4 74Maliciously altered photo8 76Thompson of the “Thor” films5 77Layer of cement?5 78To be, to Balzac4 79Extra in “The Birds”?13 82Flight components5 85Less trusting6 86“Frozen” sister4 87Tailor’s aids4 88Cologne containers5 90Notary’s mark4 92Many an Omani4 96Notion in New Delhi?12 100Newspaper section4 102Some cells3 103“Huh-uh”3 104Artemis org.4 105Twisty creatures4 107Raised with effort6 109Filled with passion5 111Warmth experienced when appearing onstage?15 115French film award5 116Avoided extinction, in a way7 117Put in order7 118Aardwolf’s kin5 119Outdoor clothing company named for a burrowing rodent6 120More irritable7

1Like groceries on the way home6 2Proceeding unthinkingly6 3Watch on a phone, maybe6 4Gives in to sorrow4 5Roadster with a Skyactiv engine5 6Hundred-millionth of a centimeter8 7Previously named3 8Mesoamerican people on the Gulf of Mexico coast5 9Stock valuation phrase5 10Neighbor of Arg. and Braz.3 11Biarritz bestie3 12Forwards7 13Pass carefully6 14Stoop to smears and insults5 15Words with pickle or jam3 16Brooklinen wares7 17Account figure7 18Arctic transports7 20Potential leaf3 23Purple snorkasaurus of TV4 28Cal. dozen3 32Commotion4 34Bids “one club,” say5 35Arduous ordeal4 36A bunch5 38Some printers6 40Graceland nickname7 44Some QB protectors3 46Beside5 47Containers for mushy peas4 48Plucked instrument5 49Indicated successful locking with a key fob6 50Stir up6 51Elliptical orbit extreme6 52Dreamy6 53Fruit from an Orléans orchard5 54One way to think5 57Henry, Jane and Peter, with a combined 12 Oscar nominations6 58Melodic opera pieces6 59Inform against, informally6 60Mischievous Halloween prank6 62“In ___” (song from the Beach Boys album “Still Cruisin’”)5 63Matching5 64Sources of holy smokes7 67White House residents of 19105 68Count of jazz5 69Yellow Teletubby6 72Third son of Jacob and Leah4 75Sister brand of Gatorade5 76Trunks5 77Fields of cookies?3 79Hectic spot on Black Friday4 80Rent4 81Rational, informally8 82Chicken Florentine ingredient7 83“SNL” head writer from 1999 to 20067 84How sausage links are connected7 85T’Challa’s realm7 88Through3 89Jeans measurement6 91Natural manner4 93Twisty pasta6 94Get satisfaction for6 95Animal on Wisconsin’s flag6 97“Echoes of ___” (1982 jazz album by Chaka Khan , Chick Corea and others)5 98“Cool!”5 99“Our Lady of the Flowers” novelist5 101Oracles5 106Screen type3 108No longer fizzy4 110Hightailed it3 112La Brea stuff3 113Turning fig.3 114Budget excess3