Wall Street Journal Crossword May 15, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, May 15, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Prep Work” by Mike Shenk. Today’s puzzle has a total of 76 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorMike Shenk

Clues76

Grid15×15

Across

1Cop’s collar4 Letters

5Heist yield4 Letters

9Not many3 Letters

12On the briny4 Letters

13“___ Doone”5 Letters

14Ellipse pair4 Letters

15Mounting, perhaps10 Letters

17Haughty attitude4 Letters

18Rush-hour subway rider, figuratively7 Letters

19Invite to the majors6 Letters

21Satyric celebration4 Letters

22Set4 Letters

23Customize for6 Letters

26Ponder8 Letters

30Orderly display5 Letters

31Barn neighbor, often4 Letters

32Self-described “captain, builder and engineer”4 Letters

33Before, in combinations3 Letters

34Assume as a fact5 Letters

35F-, e.g.3 Letters

36Almost forever4 Letters

38Different4 Letters

39Shuriken flinger5 Letters

41Use as a source8 Letters

43Jams with the band6 Letters

44Bumbling bunch4 Letters

45Department store department4 Letters

46State capital on the Missouri River6 Letters

49Made a humiliating retraction7 Letters

53Manor master4 Letters

54Quickly dispense with, as bureaucracy10 Letters

57Company with products found in many stories4 Letters

58Apples and oranges, say5 Letters

59Uranienborg Park setting4 Letters

60Tibetan transport3 Letters

61“Project Hail Mary” author Weir4 Letters

62Wine barrel sediment4 Letters

Down

1“Not interested”4 Letters

2“It is,” in Ibiza4 Letters

3Behind4 Letters

4Home moon of the Na’vi7 Letters

5Baklava ingredient5 Letters

6Uru. neighbor3 Letters

7One, for Juan3 Letters

8Galahad’s dad8 Letters

9Kiss cover4 Letters

10Pale sandy color4 Letters

11Bit of smoke4 Letters

13Cant5 Letters

14Fey’s first “Weekend Update” co-host6 Letters

16Taking bribes, say5 Letters

20Greedy desire3 Letters

22Bowen of “Modern Family”5 Letters

23Stared in disbelief5 Letters

24Fielding flub5 Letters

25Court setting5 Letters

26Bette Midler’s “Divine” nickname5 Letters

27Marble markings5 Letters

28Loudly Crying Face, e.g.5 Letters

29Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse5 Letters

31Some flights5 Letters

34Two-horse bet8 Letters

37Suit in a Spanish deck6 Letters

39Levi’s Stadium pro5 Letters

40“No worries”7 Letters

42Remote3 Letters

43Meyers and Rogen, e.g.5 Letters

45Pirate address5 Letters

46Cunning trick4 Letters

47Tiny bit4 Letters

48Karlsson of the Pittsburgh Penguins4 Letters

50Cunning trick4 Letters

51Unwelcome look4 Letters

52Victims of the Grinch4 Letters

55Funerary vase3 Letters

56Bill’s movie bud3 Letters

About the May 15, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, May 15, 2026 runs under the title “Prep Work” and was constructed by Mike Shenk. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 76 clues — 37 across and 39 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

The WSJ Crossword publishes six days a week, Monday through Saturday, with difficulty building across the week. Monday puzzles are the most approachable, while Friday brings the celebrated WSJ contest crossword with a meta answer to crack, and Saturday features the largest grid of the week. Click any clue above to open a dedicated answer page with a letter-by-letter breakdown and every past appearance of that clue.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the May 15, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 76 clues — 37 across and 39 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The May 15, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk.

Are these WSJ Crossword answers correct?

Yes. Every answer on WSJCrosswordAnswers.org is solved by hand from the official WSJ grid and cross-checked before publishing. If you spot a discrepancy, please let us know.

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