WSJ Crossword May 6 2025 Answers (5/6/25)

Here are all of the answers to today's Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle for May 6 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our WSJ Crossword May 6, 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 6, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 5/6/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Like “waves of grain”
6A Sign of things to come
10A Church alcove
14A Magna ___
15A Writer/director Ephron
16A Place for a croquet game
17A Singer of “Johnny B. Goode” and “Maybellene”
19A Make a getaway
20A One of the two three-letter colors in the Crayola 64 box
21A Absence of effort
22A Half of half-and-half
23A The other of the two three-letter colors in the Crayola 64 box
25A Band with the 1977 album “Electrified Funk”
28A Go unused
30A Commando action
31A Daisy family flower
32A Father, in France
33A The Sunshine State, for short
36A Beans, according to a playground rhyme, and a clue to 17-, 25-, 46- and 57-Across
40A Member of the fam
41A Friedrich who developed a scale of mineral hardness
42A Sri ___
43A Beehive, for example
44A Hampered
46A Singer with the 1996 multiplatinum debut album “Tidal”
50A Obamacare initials
51A 11th-century Spanish hero
52A Popular doorbell camera brand
54A Sch. south of Providence
56A Dorothy’s dog
57A Band whose video for 1993’s “No Rain” featured a girl in a bee costume
60A Flat
61A Confiscated
62A Woeful cry
63A Tennis match parts
64A Nimble
65A They’re popped on New Year’s Eve
1D Bank statement no.
2D Hindu sage
3D Some bleached blondes, really
4D List-ending abbr.
5D Tool with teeth
6D Infant’s outfit
7D Chef’s mushroom
8D Be human?
9D Vote of dissent
10D Chemist/philanthropist Nobel
11D Less saturated
12D Use unseemly language
13D Opposing party
18D Cry like a baby
22D For the most part
24D Carpe ___
26D De Matteo of “The Sopranos”
27D Poet Sandburg
28D Exams for univ.-bound students
29D Percussion practice item
32D Dell wares
33D Cable railway for a steep slope
34D Bob Seger song used in truck ads
35D Slightly
37D Scotch mixer
38D Chain with a Cinn-A-Stack option
39D Seventh incarnation of Vishnu
43D Labor groups
44D It “walks down stairs, alone or in pairs ”
45D Something to do behind bars?
46D Charity dos
47D The Beatles’ “P.S. ___ You”
48D Duo times four
49D Earlier
53D Auto financing co. rebranded as Ally Financial in 2010
55D Signs
57D “Dynamite” K-pop group
58D Cut (off)
59D “Mr. Blue Sky” band

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.

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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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One of the unique features of the WSJ Crossword is its emphasis on finance and business-related themes. The puzzle often includes clues and answers related to the world of economics, investing, and business news.

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