WSJ Crossword May 5 2023 Answers

The complete list of answers to the WSJ Crossword published on May 5 2023.

78
Total Clues
37
Total Across
41
Total Down

Clues Across (37 total)

(1)
West African magic
(5)
“Come on, be ___!”
(9)
Raquel in 1973’s “The Three Musketeers”
(14)
Hint to the future
(15)
Pixar movie set in Mexico
(16)
Commotion
(17)
*She solved “The Mystery at Lilac Inn”
(19)
Painter Kokoschka
(20)
Unfortunate
(22)
Not online, briefly
(23)
Chasing
(26)
Louisville Slugger wood
(27)
Major plot part
(28)
Indian title
(31)
In full flower
(33)
At any point
(34)
Puts at risk
(37)
Dissenting vote
(38)
*It’s very good in Paris
(39)
Handy bit of advice
(42)
Like the Ural Mountains
(44)
“Bro, be serious!”
(45)
Dish with a browned crust
(47)
Guys who are Elis
(49)
Not often seen
(50)
Pair
(53)
Humpback habitat
(54)
Put some numbers together
(55)
Unsmoked bacon
(58)
Social event
(60)
*Texas annexer
(64)
Big-picture
(65)
Hit the ground
(66)
California town that sounds like a greeting
(67)
Wrapping crew
(68)
Board victory
(69)
Look ___ (advice on how to solve this puzzle contest, assuming you’re not solving on paper)

Clues Down (41 total)

(1)
Georgia senator Ossoff
(2)
Name on “Pulp Fiction” posters
(3)
Former spox Psaki
(4)
Ambiguous
(5)
Aussie rockers
(6)
Congressional waste
(7)
Train name
(8)
Home Depot rival
(9)
“___ there?”
(10)
She’s seen at sunup
(11)
*Halloween get-up for a prank-loving kid
(12)
Sombrero-wearing equestrian
(13)
Globetrotters’ home
(18)
Round house
(21)
“My ___” (1979 #1 hit)
(23)
“Couldn’t agree more”
(24)
___ beans
(25)
*A.D. 595
(27)
Every last bit
(29)
“Sex and the City” role
(30)
City north of Des Moines
(32)
Receptacle
(35)
Xi’s ninth successor
(36)
Selling site
(38)
Start for lingual or lateral
(40)
Conception
(41)
Southernmost Ivy League school
(43)
Beehive State native
(44)
Hermit crab, e.g.
(45)
Bath weight
(46)
Tire type
(48)
Development sites
(51)
Pull papers from, perhaps
(52)
Seat of Marion County, Florida
(55)
NFL players
(56)
Put out
(57)
Chapeau site
(59)
Palindromic preposition
(61)
One of a Spaniard’s pair
(62)
Order partner
(63)
Nieces and nephews, e.g.

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