WSJ Crossword May 17 2025 Answers (5/17/25)

Our WSJ Crossword May 17, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword 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 May 17, 2025 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	It helps with a cellist’s or an ace’s pitch
6A	They may be found on bunny slopes
13A	Honduran houses
18A	Bitterly cold
20A	Fools
21A	Cruel sort
22A	Firefighter’s term for the quickest RSVP to the Firefighters Ball?
24A	Nagana transmitter
25A	Hearing-related
26A	Nolichucky Dam agcy.
27A	Simple jump in figure skating
28A	Firefighter’s term for lengthy gabfests about the meaning of existence?
31A	Firefighter’s term for a twisted calf caused by too-tight compression socks?
34A	“Top Gun” org.
35A	Sri Lankan language
36A	Beginning of a kindergarten refrain
37A	Pitch
40A	Like a clear night
42A	Twangy, say
47A	Like an open-necked shirt
50A	Firefighter’s term for the secret to rising in the ranks?
53A	Hold protectively
54A	Fluorine and chlorine, e.g.
56A	Unfamiliar
57A	Close by
59A	Toxic compound banned since the 1970s
60A	Like the Mojave
61A	Paid spots
64A	Firefighter’s term for the person in charge of ice cream toppers?
68A	Org. with scanners
69A	Competed
71A	Pop
72A	Type of battery
74A	Stormed
76A	Olympians’ blades
78A	Operating attire
81A	Firefighter’s term for a person shouting “Cannonball!”?
83A	Curry favor with
85A	Makes flakes
86A	Requests
90A	Image on Lebanon’s flag
91A	Diet that shuns dairy and sugar
93A	Sambuca flavoring
96A	Before, before
97A	Firefighter’s term for the section of the firehouse cordoned off for polishing?
102A	Firefighter’s term for certain offensive NFL picks?
105A	Show contempt for
106A	Court call
107A	“___ Feeling” (Four Tops song)
108A	Easter or Christmas, e.g.
109A	Firefighter’s term for a carefully measured dig?
115A	David of “Matlock”
116A	Act omnipotent
117A	Make airtight, maybe
118A	Wipe clean
119A	RSVP turndown
120A	Badger’s cousin
1D	Battle of Britain org.
2D	“He’s mine, ___ am his”: “Coriolanus”
3D	Not so bulked up
4D	“Who’s there?” reply
5D	Drag race propellant
6D	Vietnam-era protest org.
7D	Stayed in shape
8D	1983 Randy Newman song
9D	Poke bowl staple
10D	Eccentric
11D	Itsy-bitsy
12D	Ukr., once
13D	Bank robber’s advance man
14D	“Chasing Pavements” singer
15D	Suppress
16D	Org. kin
17D	NBA great Curry
19D	Make by hand
21D	Madeleine of “12 Monkeys”
23D	Fitzgerald in the Jazz Hall of Fame
27D	Red Sox legend Williams
28D	Fair
29D	Savory jelly
30D	Online exchanges, briefly
31D	Berry of “Cloud Atlas”
32D	Awards presented by the American Theatre Wing
33D	Sketch show that featured Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara
38D	Spirit
39D	Article intros
41D	Scalpers, e.g.
42D	Hide-hair link
43D	Plane measure
44D	Avoid addressing
45D	Patronage
46D	“Prime Suspect” creator La Plante
48D	Exactly
49D	Fiery pepper
51D	Bills’ div.
52D	Pipe fitting?
54D	X, Y or Z preceder
55D	Surge protection, of a sort
58D	Holed up
59D	High degree
61D	Openly confesses
62D	Low sofa
63D	Handle
65D	Wide shoe spec
66D	Dorm VIPs
67D	Paul who shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Schrödinger
70D	Lured in
73D	Bro
75D	Lines with Xings
76D	Buddy of “Barnaby Jones”
77D	Earl Grey alternative
79D	Less fulfilling way to win
80D	Jittery move
82D	It’s bad in Bolivia
84D	Seam substances
87D	Jeweler from Saint Petersburg
88D	Carousing
89D	Ocasek of the Cars
91D	Museum whose name means “meadow”
92D	Original antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV
94D	Power tool brand
95D	A cube has 12
97D	Half of a record
98D	Family that’s won the Indy 500 nine times
99D	Mac
100D	Therapy session topics
101D	Bert’s buddy
103D	State sport of Texas
104D	Up
106D	About 5.88 trillion mi.
109D	Red Cross class, briefly
110D	World Cup cheer
111D	Old chestnut, e.g.
112D	Church affiliated with BYU
113D	Fragrant shrub
114D	“Weekend Edition” network

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