NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 23, 2026
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorKathy Bloomer
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
Swiss currency (5)
Starts with F, ends with CFRANC→
6A
Kind of clef used for the viola (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
10A
Command to Rover (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSTAY→
14A
Word after lucky or little (5)
Starts with D, ends with LDEVIL→
15A
Reserve in advance (4)
Starts with B, ends with KBOOK→
16A
Only PG-rated in terms of sexual content, say (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAME→
17A
Menzel with a Tony for "Wicked" (5)
Starts with I, ends with AIDINA→
18A
___ fresca (Latin American refreshment) (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGUA→
19A
Neural signal conductor (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAXON→
20A
One might involve a false account (10)
Starts with C, ends with YCOVERSTORY→
22A
Judgmental sounds (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSKS→
23A
Outrage (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIRE→
24A
Grp. that adjusts oil production (4)
Starts with O, ends with COPEC→
26A
$100 bills, slangily (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCSPOTS→
34A
Casual greeting (5)
Starts with O, ends with YOHHEY→
35A
The Rev. Leonard Clement, in an Agatha Christie novel (5)
Starts with V, ends with RVICAR→
36A
Hide ___ hair (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
37A
Emotional state (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMOOD→
39A
Target of Glade or Febreze (4)
Starts with O, ends with RODOR→
40A
Tidy updo, say (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBUN→
41A
Deices, as a road (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSALTS→
42A
Wipe out (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
43A
Notable features of the Charleston, S.C., skyline (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEEPLES→
45A
Like some roofs (6)
Starts with G, ends with DGABLED→
46A
Eye irritation (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESTYE→
47A
Some small batteries (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAAS→
48A
Member of an ancient Peruvian empire (4)
Starts with I, ends with AINCA→
50A
Doesn't lie, exactly … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters (10)
Starts with B, ends with RBENDSTHETR→
57A
Babe in a stable (4)
Starts with F, ends with LFOAL→
58A
Nondairy spread (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOLEO→
59A
"Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic (5)
Starts with B, ends with UBAYOU→
60A
Big rig (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
61A
Sit (down) heavily (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPLOP→
62A
Montréal traffic sign (5)
Starts with A, ends with TARRET→
63A
Peak in Greek myth (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOSSA→
64A
Huff and puff (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPANT→
65A
"Geez-o-Pete!" (5)
Starts with Y, ends with HYEESH→
Down
1D
Bank-protecting agcy. (4)
Starts with F, ends with CFDIC→
2D
Make over (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREDO→
3D
Tel ___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with VAVIV→
4D
Number of digits in a Social Security number (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
5D
Transparent quality (7)
Starts with C, ends with YCLARITY→
6D
Taper off (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABATE→
7D
Apple's apple, for one (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLOGO→
8D
College campus offering (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTOUR→
9D
"All right! Enough already!" (8)
Starts with O, ends with YOKAYOKAY→
10D
New York's ___ Island (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSTATEN→
11D
One might involve false accounts (10)
Starts with T, ends with LTAXSCANDAL→
12D
In a frenzy (4)
Starts with A, ends with KAMOK→
13D
Yearnings (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYENS→
21D
Yearbook div. (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSRS→
25D
For each (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPER→
26D
Detangles, in a way (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOMBS→
27D
Big whoop (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSHOUT→
28D
Bad calls? (10)
Starts with P, ends with SPHONESCAMS→
29D
It took more than 70 yrs. to complete its first edition (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOED→
30D
They may be raised in defiance (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFISTS→
31D
Follower of the Gospels? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACTS→
32D
Most dangerous animal in Maine, it's said (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMOOSE→
33D
Messed up (5)
Starts with E, ends with DERRED→
35D
Word of farewell in old Rome (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVALE→
38D
Comet discovered in 1995 (8)
Starts with H, ends with PHALEBOPP→
41D
Secretly watch, with "on" (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSPY→
42D
Region of Oakland and Alameda (7)
Starts with E, ends with YEASTBAY→
44D
Plus other things, in Latin (6)
Starts with E, ends with AETALIA→
45D
Rip-roaring good time (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
47D
Take in a stray, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADOPT→
48D
"In that event …" (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIFSO→
49D
Vetoes (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNOES→
51D
Jazzy Fitzgerald (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
52D
Like the color of a safety vest, typically (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEON→
53D
"Hyde and ___" (1955 Bugs Bunny short) (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHARE→
54D
Literary Jane (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEYRE→
55D
Things stepped on by bad ballroom dancers (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOES→
56D
The "R" of R.B.G. (4)
Starts with R, ends with HRUTH→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 23, 2026?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kathy Bloomer and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Swiss currency (FRANC); Kind of clef used for the viola (ALTO); Command to Rover (STAY).
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