Wednesday Puzzle · Full Answers
Wall Street Journal Crossword May 27 2026 Answers
15×15 Grid
78 Clues
Updated 12:01 AM ET
Across
1A couple of caplets, maybe4
5“___ unrelated note...”4
9Alliance4
13Caribbean resort whose official languages are Papiamento and Dutch5
15Org. with the Large Hadron Collider4
16Brontë heroine4
17Bicolor dessert10
19Scott in an 1857 case4
20Small toymaker3
21Cremona violin crafter5
22White rabbit follower5
23North American rattlesnakes12
25Midriff-revealing suit6
28Longbow wood3
29Green land?11
33Monkey sidekick of Disney’s Aladdin3
36Packaging need4
37Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve roamer3
38Romanov ruler4
39Insincere display3
40Artist awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 201111
44Spell3
45“Got it!”6
46Movie pair in the Smithsonian12
52Maladroit5
53Sagrada Família architect5
54Used to be3
57Location4
58Difficult beginning, and a trait shared by 17-, 23-, 29-, 40- and 46-Across10
60Words of disbelief4
61Beginning for boy or girl4
62Engineer Nikola5
63Ooze4
64Forest floor growth4
65Crew call4
Down
1Agatha Christie title4
2Challenging test4
3Get on board?4
4Diminish3
5Philosophy’s William of ___5
6“Keen!”5
7Alan of “Little Miss Sunshine”5
8Austin-to-Waco dir.3
9Complete chaos6
10Hit bit5
11Maker of Elevate vacuum cleaners5
12Surrenders5
14“Road Less Traveled” singer Lauren6
18It can be written on a tablet5
22Competent4
23Acutely urgent4
24Penna. neighbor3
25Type of test or decay4
26Tech debut of 19984
27Held onto4
30___ Moines3
31Mischievous sort3
32Orange ghost in Ms. Pac-Man3
33Court figure Arthur4
34The buck stops here4
35Stargazer’s bear4
38Craggy peaks4
40Quip4
41Music’s Rose3
42Thin-toned5
43Court figure6
44Promote heavily6
46Makes like the mercury on a hot day5
47Labor leader’s appeal5
48Davis with 11 Oscar nominations5
49“___ Extremes” (Billy Joel song)5
50Diplomatic achievements5
51Spiral shells strung on bracelets5
54It might be on the line4
55He performed before Joan at Woodstock4
56Wait around4
58Member of a flock3
59Word with room or service3