Wall Street Journal Crossword May 27, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Hardheaded” by Marc Goldstein. Today’s puzzle has a total of 78 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorMarc Goldstein

Clues78

Grid15×15

Across

1A couple of caplets, maybe4 Letters

5“___ unrelated note...”4 Letters

9Alliance4 Letters

13Caribbean resort whose official languages are Papiamento and Dutch5 Letters

15Org. with the Large Hadron Collider4 Letters

16Brontë heroine4 Letters

17Bicolor dessert10 Letters

19Scott in an 1857 case4 Letters

20Small toymaker3 Letters

21Cremona violin crafter5 Letters

22White rabbit follower5 Letters

23North American rattlesnakes12 Letters

25Midriff-revealing suit6 Letters

28Longbow wood3 Letters

29Green land?11 Letters

33Monkey sidekick of Disney’s Aladdin3 Letters

36Packaging need4 Letters

37Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve roamer3 Letters

38Romanov ruler4 Letters

39Insincere display3 Letters

40Artist awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 201111 Letters

44Spell3 Letters

45“Got it!”6 Letters

46Movie pair in the Smithsonian12 Letters

52Maladroit5 Letters

53Sagrada Família architect5 Letters

54Used to be3 Letters

57Location4 Letters

58Difficult beginning, and a trait shared by 17-, 23-, 29-, 40- and 46-Across10 Letters

60Words of disbelief4 Letters

61Beginning for boy or girl4 Letters

62Engineer Nikola5 Letters

63Ooze4 Letters

64Forest floor growth4 Letters

65Crew call4 Letters

Down

1Agatha Christie title4 Letters

2Challenging test4 Letters

3Get on board?4 Letters

4Diminish3 Letters

5Philosophy’s William of ___5 Letters

6“Keen!”5 Letters

7Alan of “Little Miss Sunshine”5 Letters

8Austin-to-Waco dir.3 Letters

9Complete chaos6 Letters

10Hit bit5 Letters

11Maker of Elevate vacuum cleaners5 Letters

12Surrenders5 Letters

14“Road Less Traveled” singer Lauren6 Letters

18It can be written on a tablet5 Letters

22Competent4 Letters

23Acutely urgent4 Letters

24Penna. neighbor3 Letters

25Type of test or decay4 Letters

26Tech debut of 19984 Letters

27Held onto4 Letters

30___ Moines3 Letters

31Mischievous sort3 Letters

32Orange ghost in Ms. Pac-Man3 Letters

33Court figure Arthur4 Letters

34The buck stops here4 Letters

35Stargazer’s bear4 Letters

38Craggy peaks4 Letters

40Quip4 Letters

41Music’s Rose3 Letters

42Thin-toned5 Letters

43Court figure6 Letters

44Promote heavily6 Letters

46Makes like the mercury on a hot day5 Letters

47Labor leader’s appeal5 Letters

48Davis with 11 Oscar nominations5 Letters

49“___ Extremes” (Billy Joel song)5 Letters

50Diplomatic achievements5 Letters

51Spiral shells strung on bracelets5 Letters

54It might be on the line4 Letters

55He performed before Joan at Woodstock4 Letters

56Wait around4 Letters

58Member of a flock3 Letters

59Word with room or service3 Letters

About the May 27, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Wednesday, May 27, 2026 runs under the title “Hardheaded” and was constructed by Marc Goldstein. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 78 clues — 35 across and 43 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the May 27, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 78 clues — 35 across and 43 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The May 27, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Marc Goldstein.

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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