NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 1, 2026
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues71
Across37
Down34
ConstructorKenneth Cortes
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Fruit preserves (3)
Starts with J, ends with MJAM→
4A
Bottled water brand (6)
Starts with D, ends with IDASANI→
10A
Status ___ (3)
Starts with Q, ends with OQUO→
13A
"Long, long ___ ..." (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAGO→
14A
High school assessment scored from 1 to 5 (6)
Starts with A, ends with MAPEXAM→
15A
Address starting "http" (3)
Starts with U, ends with LURL→
16A
Pearl or peridot (3)
Starts with G, ends with MGEM→
17A
Despise (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDETEST→
18A
Conclusion (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
19A
Quick punches (4)
Starts with J, ends with SJABS→
21A
"You," archaically (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEE→
23A
One taking office dictation (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSTENO→
25A
Blunder (5)
Starts with E, ends with RERROR→
28A
Concert pianos (6)
Starts with G, ends with SGRANDS→
30A
Like haunted houses and lifelike dolls (6)
Starts with C, ends with YCREEPY→
31A
Sardine container (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTIN→
32A
Accede to an agreement without getting everything one wants (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESETTLE→
35A
"___-haw!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with EYEE→
36A
Dominican slugger Sammy (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOSA→
38A
Coolness, in Gen Alpha slang (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAURA→
39A
Roosters' mates (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHENS→
40A
Nightmare scenario (8)
Starts with D, ends with ADYSTOPIA→
43A
47A
Smokey Robinson's record label (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMOTOWN→
48A
Capital of Oman (6)
Starts with M, ends with TMUSCAT→
50A
North Carolina university (4)
Starts with E, ends with NELON→
51A
Leo XIV, for one (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOPE→
54A
Jingle or ditty (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETUNE→
55A
Filing job, for short? (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMANI→
57A
___ Menken, composer of "Little Shop of Horrors" (4)
Starts with A, ends with NALAN→
58A
Poems of praise (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODES→
59A
More than a few, but less than a lot (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESOME→
60A
A village in Wales has one with 58 letters — the world's longest (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENAME→
61A
It might read "Miss Universe" (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSASH→
62A
Burn the surface of (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEAR→
63A
"Curses!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDRAT→
Down
2D
What the number of candles on a birthday cake signifies (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
3D
High-waisted fashion trend of the 1990s (8)
Starts with M, ends with SMOMJEANS→
4D
Physiques that aren't quite perfect (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDADBODS→
5D
Copies (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPES→
6D
Actor's workplace (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
7D
Cut out (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAXE→
8D
Thomas ___, early political cartoonist and critic of Boss Tweed (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNAST→
9D
"Sign me up!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIMTHERE→
10D
Reality show starring the "Fab Five" (8)
Starts with Q, ends with EQUEEREYE→
11D
Big coffee holder (3)
Starts with U, ends with NURN→
20D
Newswoman Curry (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
22D
Before, to Shakespeare (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
23D
Certain members of a police dept. (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSGTS→
24D
Musical threesome (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTRIO→
26D
Go on before the main show, say (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOPEN→
27D
Liquors that go in Manhattans (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRYES→
29D
Superfan's ticket purchase (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSEASONPASS→
30D
It measures audience feedback (10)
Starts with C, ends with RCLAPOMETER→
33D
Ballerina's skirt (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTUTU→
34D
Gait faster than a walk (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTROT→
37D
Give a tut-tut, e.g. (8)
Starts with A, ends with HADMONISH→
39D
Place to hang a fedora (8)
Starts with H, ends with DHATSTAND→
41D
Classic archery wood (3)
Starts with Y, ends with WYEW→
42D
Shiba ___ (Japanese hunting dog) (3)
Starts with I, ends with UINU→
43D
Piña ___ (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACOLADA→
44D
Makes up (for) (6)
Starts with A, ends with SATONES→
45D
Sight-related (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROCULAR→
46D
Southernmost country in Central America (6)
Starts with P, ends with APANAMA→
47D
Short office messages (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEMOS→
49D
Core belief (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTENET→
52D
Thin woodwind (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
53D
Pouncing predator (4)
Starts with P, ends with APUMA→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 1, 2026?+
71 clues: 37 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kenneth Cortes and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Fruit preserves (JAM); Bottled water brand (DASANI); Status ___ (QUO).
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