WSJ Crossword hints and answers for May 15, 2026
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
TitlePrep Work
Today’s WSJ Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Cop’s collar (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPERP→
5A
Heist yield (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHAUL→
9A
Not many (3)
Starts with F, ends with WFEW→
12A
On the briny (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASEA→
13A
“___ Doone” (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALORNA→
14A
Ellipse pair (4)
Starts with F, ends with IFOCI→
15A
Mounting, perhaps (10)
Starts with S, ends with NSTANDINGON→
17A
Haughty attitude (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRS→
18A
Rush-hour subway rider, figuratively (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESARDINE→
19A
Invite to the majors (6)
Starts with C, ends with PCALLUP→
21A
Satyric celebration (4)
Starts with O, ends with YORGY→
23A
Customize for (6)
Starts with G, ends with OGEARTO→
26A
Ponder (8)
Starts with M, ends with RMULLOVER→
30A
Orderly display (5)
Starts with A, ends with YARRAY→
31A
Barn neighbor, often (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSILO→
32A
Self-described “captain, builder and engineer” (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONEMO→
33A
Before, in combinations (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPRE→
34A
Assume as a fact (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPOSIT→
35A
F-, e.g. (3)
Starts with I, ends with NION→
36A
Almost forever (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEONS→
38A
Different (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
39A
Shuriken flinger (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANINJA→
41A
Use as a source (8)
Starts with D, ends with MDRAWFROM→
43A
Jams with the band (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSITSIN→
44A
Bumbling bunch (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOAFS→
45A
Department store department (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMENS→
46A
State capital on the Missouri River (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPIERRE→
49A
Made a humiliating retraction (7)
Starts with A, ends with WATECROW→
53A
Manor master (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLORD→
54A
Quickly dispense with, as bureaucracy (10)
Starts with C, ends with HCUTTHROUGH→
57A
Company with products found in many stories (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOTIS→
58A
Apples and oranges, say (5)
Starts with T, ends with STREES→
59A
Uranienborg Park setting (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSLO→
60A
Tibetan transport (3)
Starts with Y, ends with KYAK→
61A
“Project Hail Mary” author Weir (4)
Starts with A, ends with YANDY→
62A
Wine barrel sediment (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEES→
Down
1D
“Not interested” (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPASS→
2D
“It is,” in Ibiza (4)
Starts with E, ends with AESTA→
3D
Behind (4)
Starts with R, ends with RREAR→
4D
Home moon of the Na’vi (7)
Starts with P, ends with APANDORA→
5D
Baklava ingredient (5)
Starts with H, ends with YHONEY→
6D
Uru. neighbor (3)
Starts with A, ends with GARG→
7D
One, for Juan (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUNO→
8D
Galahad’s dad (8)
Starts with L, ends with TLANCELOT→
9D
Kiss cover (4)
Starts with F, ends with LFOIL→
10D
Pale sandy color (4)
Starts with E, ends with UECRU→
11D
Bit of smoke (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWISP→
14D
Fey’s first “Weekend Update” co-host (6)
Starts with F, ends with NFALLON→
16D
Taking bribes, say (5)
Starts with D, ends with YDIRTY→
20D
Greedy desire (3)
Starts with A, ends with LALL→
22D
Bowen of “Modern Family” (5)
Starts with J, ends with EJULIE→
23D
Stared in disbelief (5)
Starts with G, ends with DGAPED→
24D
Fielding flub (5)
Starts with E, ends with RERROR→
25D
Court setting (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
26D
Bette Midler’s “Divine” nickname (5)
Starts with M, ends with MMISSM→
27D
Marble markings (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVEINS→
28D
Loudly Crying Face, e.g. (5)
Starts with E, ends with IEMOJI→
29D
Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRONAN→
31D
Some flights (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOLOS→
34D
Two-horse bet (8)
Starts with P, ends with APERFECTA→
37D
Suit in a Spanish deck (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSWORDS→
39D
Levi’s Stadium pro (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNINER→
40D
“No worries” (7)
Starts with I, ends with LITSCOOL→
42D
Remote (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFAR→
43D
Meyers and Rogen, e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSETHS→
45D
Pirate address (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMATEY→
46D
Cunning trick (4)
Starts with P, ends with YPLOY→
47D
Tiny bit (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
48D
Karlsson of the Pittsburgh Penguins (4)
Starts with E, ends with KERIK→
50D
Cunning trick (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERUSE→
51D
Unwelcome look (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGLE→
52D
Victims of the Grinch (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWHOS→
55D
Funerary vase (3)
Starts with U, ends with NURN→
56D
Bill’s movie bud (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTED→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for May 15, 2026?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Cop’s collar (PERP); Heist yield (HAUL); Not many (FEW).
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