Person who’s bound to get away? crossword clue
52 Across · WSJ Crossword, May 19, 2026 · 12 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Person who’s bound to get away?” is ESCAPEARTIST. It appears as 52 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of May 19, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle titled “Branch Office” by Alan Olschwang, and it fills 12 squares running left to right from row 11, column 1 of the 15×15 grid.
The question mark at the end of the clue signals wordplay: the surface reading is a misdirection, and the answer fits a punning or figurative sense of the words. The entry begins with E and ends with T, and contains 5 vowels and 7 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Down entries should be enough to lock it in. Tuesday puzzles stay approachable with light wordplay, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.
Past appearances
ESCAPEARTIST has not appeared as an answer in any other WSJ puzzle in our index, which runs from May 2026 onward. It will be listed here the next time it turns up.