NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 13, 2026

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Clues66
Across33
Down33
ConstructorRyan McCarty

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
Bring together (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAMASS→
6A
Alligatorid of Central and South America (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCAIMAN→
12A
Fabric with diagonal ribbing (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTWILL→
13A
Formula 1's Circuit de Monaco, e.g. (8)
Starts with R, ends with EROADRACE→
15A
Hip-hop artist with a 2018 Pulitzer (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLAMAR→
16A
Fine fodder for a Freudian analyst (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSEXDREAMS→
17A
Call from a bridge (4)
Starts with A, ends with YAHOY→
18A
State flower of Utah (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSEGO→
19A
"Right?," in British lingo (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINNIT→
20A
Pathetic (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSAD→
21A
Like some parties (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSTAG→
22A
One may be hanging by a thread (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENEEDLE→
23A
"We're under a lot of pressure!" (11)
Starts with T, ends with NTHEHEATISON→
26A
Make it or break it (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPAR→
27A
Danger signal (9)
Starts with A, ends with LALARMBELL→
28A
Blocks (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBANS→
29A
E-liquid (9)
Starts with V, ends with EVAPEJUICE→
31A
Wished (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBADE→
34A
Outmoded living room fixtures (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPLASMATVS→
37A
Reddit Q&A (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAMA→
38A
Show to be fabricating? (11)
Starts with C, ends with ECATCHINALIE→
40A
Blew up (6)
Starts with G, ends with DGOTMAD→
42A
Festival flier (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKITE→
43A
Number of Beethoven operas (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
44A
Fishing accessory (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCREEL→
45A
Consumes (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUSES→
46A
Retired rapper Azalea (4)
Starts with I, ends with YIGGY→
47A
"Oppenheimer" setting (9)
Starts with L, ends with SLOSALAMOS→
49A
From the British Isles, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANGLO→
50A
"Happy to help!" (8)
Starts with I, ends with NISURECAN→
51A
County fair animal (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTEER→
52A
Lichtenstein's "Whaam!," e.g. (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPOPART→
53A
County fair animal (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHORSE→

Down

1D
Closing words of a historic 1963 speech (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATLAST→
2D
Sinister cackle (7)
Starts with M, ends with AMWAHAHA→
3D
Many a modern chess-playing program (7)
Starts with A, ends with LAIMODEL→
4D
Totally kill it (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSLAY→
5D
Camera spec (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSLR→
6D
Heel (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCAD→
7D
Actor Brody (6)
Starts with A, ends with NADRIEN→
8D
Nobel-winning daughter of Marie Curie (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRENE→
9D
The 'rents, perhaps (7)
Starts with M, ends with AMAANDPA→
10D
European football club founded in 1899 (7)
Starts with A, ends with NACMILAN→
11D
Birds and tree squirrels (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNESTERS→
13D
14D
Kitchen brand (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOXO→
16D
Flight restriction? (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSEATBELT→
18D
Obsolescent office accessory (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSTAMPPAD→
21D
Blood bank supply (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASERA→
24D
Multibillionaire, e.g. (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHAVE→
25D
Certain brain freezers (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSLUSHIES→
28D
Submissive sort, informally (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABETA→
30D
Sugar source (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECANE→
31D
32D
Lovingly, in a score (7)
Starts with A, ends with OAMOROSO→
33D
35D
Poster of TikTok tutorials, e.g. (7)
Starts with V, ends with RVLOGGER→
36D
Some hits, in music and baseball (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSINGLES→
38D
Square dance figure (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCALLER→
39D
41D
Stiller's partner in comedy (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMEARA→
45D
Name on a "Kill Bill" poster (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
46D
Hooked on (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINTO→
48D
It's the law (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
49D
Shade of gray (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→

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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 13, 2026?+

66 clues: 33 Across and 33 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ryan McCarty and edited by Will Shortz.

What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+

For example: Bring together (AMASS); Alligatorid of Central and South America (CAIMAN); Fabric with diagonal ribbing (TWILL).

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