NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 19, 2026
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorJack Hatchett
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
Cut of beef used in Santa Maria-style barbecue (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTRITIP→
7A
___ Wilson, four-time M.V.P. of the 27-Down (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAJA→
10A
Common export, nowadays (3)
Starts with P, ends with FPDF→
13A
Field trip? (11)
Starts with H, ends with THOMERUNTROT→
16A
Section of a timeline (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
17A
Chef's complimentary bite (11)
Starts with A, ends with EAMUSEBOUCHE→
19A
Reacted to capturing a championship, perhaps (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWEPT→
20A
Dish often served with tartar sauce, informally (10)
Starts with F, ends with SFISHNCHIPS→
22A
Terrorizer of Amity Island, in a 1975 blockbuster film (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSHARK→
24A
Finishes filming (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWRAPS→
25A
Epitome of thinness (5)
Starts with W, ends with RWAFER→
27A
Mushroom named for its resemblance to a body part (7)
Starts with W, ends with RWOODEAR→
29A
"You've gotta be kidding me!" (11)
Starts with O, ends with WOHCOMEONNOW→
32A
Off-grid connection? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETHE→
33A
Former attorney general Bill (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBARR→
34A
Short cut (3)
Starts with B, ends with BBOB→
35A
"___ Green" (Kermit the Frog song) (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBEIN→
36A
Skater who lit the Olympic cauldron in 1998 (3)
Starts with I, ends with OITO→
37A
41A
Maker of sole music? (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETAPSHOE→
43A
Succeed in (5)
Starts with W, ends with TWINAT→
44A
Stamp purchase (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSHEET→
45A
Companion of Ash and Misty in Pokémon anime (5)
Starts with B, ends with KBROCK→
47A
Cold one enjoyed during a hot wash (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSHOWERBEER→
49A
Word with ball or board (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSNOW→
53A
Spot for a flask (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLAB→
54A
"That sounds brave ... but very stupid!" (11)
Starts with D, ends with ODONTBEAHERO→
56A
Date in France? (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAMI→
57A
One concerned with transparency in the workplace? (11)
Starts with G, ends with RGLASSBLOWER→
58A
Bench press target, informally (3)
Starts with P, ends with CPEC→
59A
Hebrew name meaning "high" (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
60A
Chinese revolutionary Sun ___ (6)
Starts with Y, ends with NYATSEN→
Down
1D
Spring event (4)
Starts with T, ends with WTHAW→
2D
Twin city? (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROME→
3D
Morning announcement (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIMUP→
4D
Tries to identify, as a medical issue (8)
Starts with T, ends with RTESTSFOR→
5D
Red state (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIRE→
6D
20-Across, e.g. (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPUBFARE→
7D
A military parade might go through it (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARCH→
8D
Director of "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II" (7)
Starts with J, ends with OJOHNWOO→
9D
Admitted fault (7)
Starts with A, ends with WATECROW→
10D
Sudden reversal of fortune, in literature (10)
Starts with P, ends with APERIPETEIA→
11D
Mentions one's ring size, maybe (10)
Starts with D, ends with TDROPSAHINT→
12D
They're hot, until they're not (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFADS→
14D
Film ___ (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNOIR→
15D
Certain canine (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTUSK→
21D
Conned (3)
Starts with H, ends with DHAD→
23D
Clothing line (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHEM→
25D
"Too bad!" (10)
Starts with W, ends with EWHATASHAME→
26D
Preferring to keep one's feet on the ground? (10)
Starts with A, ends with CACROPHOBIC→
27D
See 7-Across (4)
Starts with W, ends with AWNBA→
28D
French director Clair (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERENE→
29D
Last words? (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOBIT→
30D
Instrument usually pitched in C (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
31D
Awards season announcement, for short (3)
Starts with N, ends with MNOM→
35D
What might go off the rails? (8)
Starts with B, ends with TBANKSHOT→
37D
Guitarist who played the first-ever rock concert at the Sistine Chapel (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEEDGE→
38D
Item in a basket at the dinner table (7)
Starts with H, ends with LHOTROLL→
39D
Felt completely confident in (7)
Starts with S, ends with YSWOREBY→
40D
Insta post (3)
Starts with P, ends with CPIC→
42D
Patch, say (3)
Starts with S, ends with WSEW→
45D
"All ___ are off!" (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBETS→
46D
Losing side in the Battle of Shiloh, informally (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREBS→
47D
Insult, metaphorically (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLAP→
48D
Children of, in Hebrew (4)
Starts with B, ends with IBNAI→
50D
What's going on (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWS→
51D
Willie ___, first Black player in the N.H.L. (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOREE→
52D
Run-down (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWORN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 19, 2026?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jack Hatchett and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Cut of beef used in Santa Maria-style barbecue (TRITIP); ___ Wilson, four-time M.V.P. of the 27-Down (AJA); Common export, nowadays (PDF).
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