Wall Street Journal Crossword May 28, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Thursday, May 28, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Capital Gains” by Jake Halperin. Today’s puzzle has a total of 76 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorJake Halperin

Clues76

Grid15×15

Across

1Major muddle5 Letters

6Old jukebox insert4 Letters

10GIF alternative4 Letters

14Get smart, in a way5 Letters

15Name that starts Chronicles4 Letters

16Maneuver cautiously4 Letters

17What Pandora released5 Letters

18Wise mystic4 Letters

19Makeup remover4 Letters

20Prominent Baltic lodging?14 Letters

23Bishop’s bailiwick3 Letters

24He told Will Smith, “You’re almost pretty enough to play me”3 Letters

25Here comes the sun?4 Letters

26Where a Balkan rooster might direct its gaze?12 Letters

31Explore the boardwalk5 Letters

34Washington’s official marine mammal4 Letters

35Hart’s sweetheart3 Letters

36Texture4 Letters

37Do a season in a sitting, say5 Letters

39Sweet-talk4 Letters

40What friends might share as they get closer3 Letters

41Idyllist4 Letters

42Drew in a book5 Letters

43Past Central European conflict?12 Letters

47Celebrity pug4 Letters

48Where you might take notes3 Letters

49Pitcher’s pride3 Letters

52Join a Central American navy?14 Letters

56Watch over4 Letters

57Club component4 Letters

58Occult utterance5 Letters

59At some prior time4 Letters

60First nudist colony?4 Letters

61Principle5 Letters

62Ballpark buy4 Letters

63Fresh offering4 Letters

64Silent film figure?5 Letters

Down

1Vetoes a removal5 Letters

2Brightening stars5 Letters

3Able to think quickly5 Letters

4Gauge reading4 Letters

5Buffalo’s place7 Letters

6Like half the planet right now6 Letters

7Fan fave4 Letters

8Three-men- and-a-baby group?4 Letters

9Cardinal title8 Letters

10Like the writers of “White Christmas” and “The Christmas Song”6 Letters

11Like a clown’s smile9 Letters

12“Around the Horn” channel4 Letters

13“That hadn’t occurred to me!”3 Letters

21Typical of3 Letters

22Its D.C. headquarters is named for engineer Mary W. Jackson4 Letters

26Word with fours and yours3 Letters

27Odyssey maker5 Letters

28Tenth of a microjoule3 Letters

29Reason for some heated road trips4 Letters

30Steamy4 Letters

31Small set4 Letters

32Self-referential4 Letters

33Spring ceremony in Ute communities9 Letters

37Darts and trivia, e.g.8 Letters

38Fiscal org.3 Letters

39Corvine squawk3 Letters

41Original “Royal Historian of Oz”4 Letters

42Greeting accompanied by the anjali mudra hand gesture7 Letters

44Scratch one’s head6 Letters

45Haying needs6 Letters

46“Rugrats” dad3 Letters

49Intel gatherer5 Letters

50Alignment aid5 Letters

51Smallest nation in the European Union5 Letters

52Greedy cry4 Letters

53Zilch4 Letters

54“For” words4 Letters

55Center of a bell curve, e.g.4 Letters

56RICO target3 Letters

About the May 28, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Thursday, May 28, 2026 runs under the title “Capital Gains” and was constructed by Jake Halperin. 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the May 28, 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 28, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Jake Halperin.

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