Our WSJ Crossword Hints for May 25, 2024 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.
WSJ Crossword Hints, May 25, 2024
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the WSJ Crossword on 5/25/24. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- 1A. Margherita pizza topping
- 6A. Pic-sharing app
- 11A. Spot for a speaker
- 15A. Grub
- 19A. Decide one will
- 20A. Has no use for
- 21A. 'Gross!'
- 22A. Triumphant whoop
- 23A. Astronaut’s experience
- 25A. Con
- 27A. Lionizing lines
- 28A. Cut off
- 29A. Doily material
- 31A. “The Elements” singer Tom
- 32A. Avoids a return envelope?
- 34A. Team rooted on by the Bleacher Bums
- 35A. Formally certify
- 36A. Glossy cotton fabric
- 38A. Development site
- 39A. Early alternative to FORTRAN
- 41A. Traditional Easter dish
- 42A. Drifter
- 44A. 1963 hit for the Chiffons
- 49A. Cookies-and-cream milkshake addition
- 50A. Relieved cry after a hard week
- 51A. In the least
- 52A. Kaplan of "Welcome Back Kotter"
- 53A. Seafaring Disney character
- 55A. “The Bald Soprano,” e.g.
- 58A. Amused look
- 59A. With nose to the grindstone
- 61A. “___ la Douce” (Shirley MacLaine movie)
- 62A. Dorm fillers
- 64A. XXX
- 66A. Star pitcher
- 68A. “Yowser!”
- 69A. Site of out-of-this-world experiments
- 73A. Rick’s ex, who walked into his gin joint
- 76A. Captured, in a way
- 80A. Nativity trio
- 81A. Pair
- 85A. Jazz clarinetist Shaw
- 86A. Western nation
- 87A. Front parts
- 88A. Spa treatment
- 90A. Wasp nest site
- 91A. 1999 wartime heist movie
- 94A. Search for water
- 95A. Got down from a horse
- 96A. Entirely
- 97A. Many a first-time voter
- 99A. “Reading Rainbow” network
- 101A. ___ rasa
- 104A. Gradually ease off
- 105A. Mother sainted in 2016
- 106A. Concurs
- 107A. See 117-Across
- 108A. Flynn of swashbucklers
- 109A. Choice for mère et père
- 112A. Clear choices for car buyers
- 114A. Bygone store
- 117A. With 107-Across, Kiss drummer
- 118A. “Once ___ a Mattress”
- 119A. Flip over
- 120A. Marine predators
- 121A. Wide valley
- 122A. Market helper
- 123A. Old pal of Han
- 124A. Mike of “Wayne’s World”
- 1D. Doofus
- 2D. Parroted
- 3D. Food truck offering
- 4D. Olympian Midori
- 5D. Enters a password, perhaps
- 6D. Ta-ta!
- 7D. Basilica areas
- 8D. What not to do to Bond’s martini
- 9D. Vietnamese festival
- 10D. Safe Haven
- 11D. Checkers, e.g.
- 12D. Massage target
- 13D. 1952 campaign nickname
- 14D. Class handouts
- 15D. 2002 monster comedy movie
- 16D. Plugged in
- 17D. Big books
- 18D. Hägar's dog
- 24D. Ease up
- 26D. Reveal
- 30D. ABC’s “___ Elementary”
- 33D. Number series found in patterns in nature, and in order in the starts of 23-, 44-, 55-, 81-, 91- and 114-Across and 15-Down
- 34D. Fish with a barbel
- 36D. Sportscast staple
- 37D. Judge who’s infrequently on the bench
- 38D. Thin cookie
- 39D. Culture collection
- 40D. Recently
- 43D. Really small
- 45D. Recharge, perhaps
- 46D. Fiddlesticks!
- 47D. Slightly
- 48D. Cravings
- 51D. Thorny trees
- 54D. 1975 Wimbledon champ
- 56D. Grp. for physicians
- 57D. Much-mocked car of the 1980s
- 60D. Bagpiper's garb
- 63D. Carvey of “Wayne’s World”
- 65D. Deemed acceptable
- 67D. Antlered animal
- 69D. NSFW content
- 70D. Course of action
- 71D. Stress, perhaps
- 72D. Frontiersman Daniel
- 74D. Nurse
- 75D. Fresh
- 77D. Boardwalk treat
- 78D. Boiling mad
- 79D. Gets together
- 82D. Assn. kin
- 83D. The Addams Family uncle
- 84D. 1973 Eagles ballad
- 89D. Four-time NBA MVP James
- 92D. Swiss mathematics great
- 93D. Korean subcompact
- 94D. Place of refuge
- 98D. Sharp scolding
- 100D. Hardly ever
- 101D. Made manageable
- 102D. Greek marketplace
- 103D. Crisp up, perhaps
- 104D. Never existed
- 105D. Blow up on X
- 107D. Overseers of co. coffers
- 108D. Smooth
- 110D. Mets catcher Narváez
- 111D. Finger-painting byproduct
- 113D. Big name in nail varnish
- 115D. Hoppy brew letters
- 116D. Parched
The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.

The WSJ Crossword was first introduced in 2008, and has since become a popular source of entertainment and mental stimulation for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is created by a team of experienced crossword constructors, who are known for their creativity and skill in the field of crossword puzzles.

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