Wall Street Journal Crossword May 23, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Saturday, May 23, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Doling Out” by Mike Shenk. Today’s puzzle has a total of 138 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorMike Shenk

Clues138

Grid21×21

Across

1Guy in charge, informally7 Letters

8Ready to come home6 Letters

14Jahmyr of the Detroit Lions5 Letters

19Chemistry pioneer Lavoisier7 Letters

20Flourished7 Letters

21Ryan of “Barry Lyndon”5 Letters

22Doughy ball rescued from the trash?15 Letters

24Tureen accessory5 Letters

25Hotel register listing6 Letters

26Invention’s origin4 Letters

27Trade show presentation4 Letters

29Pops3 Letters

30When you’ll get in, briefly3 Letters

31Memo abbr.4 Letters

33Seeking strikes while steamed?12 Letters

37Rotunda feature4 Letters

39Carrot, e.g.4 Letters

41Cunning maneuvers5 Letters

42In the past4 Letters

43Urge on4 Letters

45Talk trash about6 Letters

48Wise guys5 Letters

49Showing off one’s costume to one’s Belle-dressed partner?13 Letters

53Bill stamp4 Letters

55Nationals, before 20055 Letters

562008 box set of Kiss songs5 Letters

57Had no worries8 Letters

61Bus. sch. course4 Letters

62Experts: Var.6 Letters

64Tiramisu dusting5 Letters

65Equip3 Letters

66Preparation for state fair judging?10 Letters

68Roethlisberger throwing a long pass?10 Letters

70Saison au soleil3 Letters

71Passing handily5 Letters

72Made a touchdown6 Letters

73EDM DJ Steve4 Letters

74Maliciously altered photo8 Letters

76Thompson of the “Thor” films5 Letters

77Layer of cement?5 Letters

78To be, to Balzac4 Letters

79Extra in “The Birds”?13 Letters

82Flight components5 Letters

85Less trusting6 Letters

86“Frozen” sister4 Letters

87Tailor’s aids4 Letters

88Cologne containers5 Letters

90Notary’s mark4 Letters

92Many an Omani4 Letters

96Notion in New Delhi?12 Letters

100Newspaper section4 Letters

102Some cells3 Letters

103“Huh-uh”3 Letters

104Artemis org.4 Letters

105Twisty creatures4 Letters

107Raised with effort6 Letters

109Filled with passion5 Letters

111Warmth experienced when appearing onstage?15 Letters

115French film award5 Letters

116Avoided extinction, in a way7 Letters

117Put in order7 Letters

118Aardwolf’s kin5 Letters

119Outdoor clothing company named for a burrowing rodent6 Letters

120More irritable7 Letters

Down

1Like groceries on the way home6 Letters

2Proceeding unthinkingly6 Letters

3Watch on a phone, maybe6 Letters

4Gives in to sorrow4 Letters

5Roadster with a Skyactiv engine5 Letters

6Hundred-millionth of a centimeter8 Letters

7Previously named3 Letters

8Mesoamerican people on the Gulf of Mexico coast5 Letters

9Stock valuation phrase5 Letters

10Neighbor of Arg. and Braz.3 Letters

11Biarritz bestie3 Letters

12Forwards7 Letters

13Pass carefully6 Letters

14Stoop to smears and insults5 Letters

15Words with pickle or jam3 Letters

16Brooklinen wares7 Letters

17Account figure7 Letters

18Arctic transports7 Letters

20Potential leaf3 Letters

23Purple snorkasaurus of TV4 Letters

28Cal. dozen3 Letters

32Commotion4 Letters

34Bids “one club,” say5 Letters

35Arduous ordeal4 Letters

36A bunch5 Letters

38Some printers6 Letters

40Graceland nickname7 Letters

44Some QB protectors3 Letters

46Beside5 Letters

47Containers for mushy peas4 Letters

48Plucked instrument5 Letters

49Indicated successful locking with a key fob6 Letters

50Stir up6 Letters

51Elliptical orbit extreme6 Letters

52Dreamy6 Letters

53Fruit from an Orléans orchard5 Letters

54One way to think5 Letters

57Henry, Jane and Peter, with a combined 12 Oscar nominations6 Letters

58Melodic opera pieces6 Letters

59Inform against, informally6 Letters

60Mischievous Halloween prank6 Letters

62“In ___” (song from the Beach Boys album “Still Cruisin’”)5 Letters

63Matching5 Letters

64Sources of holy smokes7 Letters

67White House residents of 19105 Letters

68Count of jazz5 Letters

69Yellow Teletubby6 Letters

72Third son of Jacob and Leah4 Letters

75Sister brand of Gatorade5 Letters

76Trunks5 Letters

77Fields of cookies?3 Letters

79Hectic spot on Black Friday4 Letters

80Rent4 Letters

81Rational, informally8 Letters

82Chicken Florentine ingredient7 Letters

83“SNL” head writer from 1999 to 20067 Letters

84How sausage links are connected7 Letters

85T’Challa’s realm7 Letters

88Through3 Letters

89Jeans measurement6 Letters

91Natural manner4 Letters

93Twisty pasta6 Letters

94Get satisfaction for6 Letters

95Animal on Wisconsin’s flag6 Letters

97“Echoes of ___” (1982 jazz album by Chaka Khan , Chick Corea and others)5 Letters

98“Cool!”5 Letters

99“Our Lady of the Flowers” novelist5 Letters

101Oracles5 Letters

106Screen type3 Letters

108No longer fizzy4 Letters

110Hightailed it3 Letters

112La Brea stuff3 Letters

113Turning fig.3 Letters

114Budget excess3 Letters

About the May 23, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Saturday, May 23, 2026 runs under the title “Doling Out” and was constructed by Mike Shenk. It uses a 21×21 grid and contains 138 clues — 64 across and 74 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 23, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 138 clues — 64 across and 74 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The May 23, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk.

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