WSJ Crossword May 28, 2026 Answers

Across

1AMajor muddle5 6AOld jukebox insert4 10AGIF alternative4 14AGet smart, in a way5 15AName that starts Chronicles4 16AManeuver cautiously4 17AWhat Pandora released5 18AWise mystic4 19AMakeup remover4 20AProminent Baltic lodging?14 23ABishop’s bailiwick3 24AHe told Will Smith, “You’re almost pretty enough to play me”3 25AHere comes the sun?4 26AWhere a Balkan rooster might direct its gaze?12 31AExplore the boardwalk5 34AWashington’s official marine mammal4 35AHart’s sweetheart3 36ATexture4 37ADo a season in a sitting, say5 39ASweet-talk4 40AWhat friends might share as they get closer3 41AIdyllist4 42ADrew in a book5 43APast Central European conflict?12 47ACelebrity pug4 48AWhere you might take notes3 49APitcher’s pride3 52AJoin a Central American navy?14 56AWatch over4 57AClub component4 58AOccult utterance5 59AAt some prior time4 60AFirst nudist colony?4 61APrinciple5 62ABallpark buy4 63AFresh offering4 64ASilent film figure?5

Down

1DVetoes a removal5 2DBrightening stars5 3DAble to think quickly5 4DGauge reading4 5DBuffalo’s place7 6DLike half the planet right now6 7DFan fave4 8DThree-men- and-a-baby group?4 9DCardinal title8 10DLike the writers of “White Christmas” and “The Christmas Song”6 11DLike a clown’s smile9 12D“Around the Horn” channel4 13D“That hadn’t occurred to me!”3 21DTypical of3 22DIts D.C. headquarters is named for engineer Mary W. Jackson4 26DWord with fours and yours3 27DOdyssey maker5 28DTenth of a microjoule3 29DReason for some heated road trips4 30DSteamy4 31DSmall set4 32DSelf-referential4 33DSpring ceremony in Ute communities9 37DDarts and trivia, e.g.8 38DFiscal org.3 39DCorvine squawk3 41DOriginal “Royal Historian of Oz”4 42DGreeting accompanied by the anjali mudra hand gesture7 44DScratch one’s head6 45DHaying needs6 46D“Rugrats” dad3 49DIntel gatherer5 50DAlignment aid5 51DSmallest nation in the European Union5 52DGreedy cry4 53DZilch4 54D“For” words4 55DCenter of a bell curve, e.g.4 56DRICO target3