NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 18, 2026
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorScott Hogan
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Prepares for offspring (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNESTS→
10A
Supplier to Wile E. Coyote (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACME→
14A
Employee after working hours, on "Severance" (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTIE→
16A
Horse with a muted coat (4)
Starts with R, ends with NROAN→
17A
Bro? (15)
Starts with B, ends with GBROADWAYOPENING→
20A
"ur funny" (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLOL→
21A
Essence (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGIST→
22A
"Goosebumps" author (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTINE→
23A
Adrenaline surge providers (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEPIPENS→
25A
Bit of Yahtzee equipment (7)
Starts with D, ends with PDICECUP→
27A
Word rhymed with "flash" in "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSASH→
28A
Obnoxiously blingy (6)
Starts with G, ends with HGARISH→
30A
"___ Been to the Mountaintop" (M.L.K. Jr. speech) (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIVE→
31A
Feminine sides (6)
Starts with A, ends with SANIMAS→
33A
Gave a hand (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAIDED→
35A
Sit? (13)
Starts with V, ends with RVISITORCENTER→
38A
Alfred ___, co-creator of the original I.Q. test (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBINET→
39A
Rents out again (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRELETS→
40A
Mix-___ (ice cream shop supply) (3)
Starts with I, ends with SINS→
41A
Like shipping that's not quite overnight (6)
Starts with T, ends with YTWODAY→
43A
Downfall of the boy in 2018's "Beautiful Boy," in brief (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMETH→
47A
Total after costs (7)
Starts with N, ends with NNETGAIN→
49A
"Next one's on me" (7)
Starts with I, ends with UIOWEYOU→
51A
[So heavy!] (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGRUNT→
52A
Mind-reading scan, in a way (4)
Starts with F, ends with IFMRI→
53A
1,000,000,000 years, in astronomy (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
54A
Ale? (15)
Starts with F, ends with GFAIRYTALEENDING→
57A
Relative of Hindi (4)
Starts with U, ends with UURDU→
58A
Follower of "4" on a love note (4)
Starts with E, ends with REVER→
59A
Start of a selection process (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEENIE→
60A
They might be seeded (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRYES→
61A
Some yellow-green sodas, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDEWS→
62A
Bob with the Silver Bullet Band (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSEGER→
Down
1D
Argon, krypton and xenon, informally (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOBLES→
2D
Moon of Jupiter that has a liquid ocean under its surface (6)
Starts with E, ends with AEUROPA→
3D
Absolut alternatives (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTOLIS→
4D
Hermana de la madre (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATIA→
5D
"The ___ is wither'd from the lake": Keats (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESEDGE→
6D
Bona fide numbskull (11)
Starts with C, ends with NCLASSAMORON→
7D
Big name in archery equipment (4)
Starts with H, ends with THOYT→
8D
Fuyumi ___, author of the "Twelve Kingdoms" fantasy novels (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
9D
Colas in the "cola wars" (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPEPSIS→
10D
Former governor Schwarzenegger, informally (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARNIE→
11D
Occur at the same time (8)
Starts with C, ends with ECOINCIDE→
12D
Skillful move (8)
Starts with M, ends with RMANEUVER→
13D
Lit. course (3)
Starts with E, ends with GENG→
18D
Improvise (6)
Starts with W, ends with TWINGIT→
19D
Chemical agent used to make frosted glass (7)
Starts with E, ends with TETCHANT→
24D
The terrible twos, for one (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPHASE→
25D
"Use at your own risk" and "Not professional advice," for two (11)
Starts with D, ends with SDISCLAIMERS→
26D
"Of the foot" prefix (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPED→
29D
Rose (up), in dialect (5)
Starts with R, ends with DRARED→
32D
___ Lion, Penn State mascot (7)
Starts with N, ends with YNITTANY→
34D
Nonspecific response to "Who's there?" (5)
Starts with I, ends with EITSME→
35D
Like pickles and some potato salads (8)
Starts with V, ends with YVINEGARY→
36D
Chill way to take things (8)
Starts with I, ends with EINSTRIDE→
37D
Kid-lit character who says "It’s not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEEYORE→
38D
Where many things get tossed (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBIN→
42D
Follower of quick or dim (6)
Starts with W, ends with DWITTED→
44D
Checking out (6)
Starts with E, ends with GEYEING→
45D
$2 coin, eh? (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETOONIE→
48D
Masters (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGURUS→
50D
Cellar stock (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWINES→
52D
What time did in fun times (4)
Starts with F, ends with WFLEW→
54D
Traditional parka material (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFUR→
55D
Boston's Mass ___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAVE→
56D
1.0 G.P.A. (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 18, 2026?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Scott Hogan and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Prepares for offspring (NESTS); Hack (CHOP); Supplier to Wile E. Coyote (ACME).
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