NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 26, 2026
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorSpencer Leach
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Hectic time for JFK (4)
Starts with X, ends with SXMAS→
5A
Bar of note? (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFRET→
9A
Texter's "Hang on a sec" (3)
Starts with B, ends with BBRB→
12A
Tightfisted sort (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMISER→
14A
Took an Uber, say (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERODE→
15A
Top banana (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCZAR→
16A
Biggest restaurant size that nevertheless is often topped? (15)
Starts with E, ends with AEXTRALARGEPIZZA→
19A
Logic gate that is only on when neither input is (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
20A
Like many films in teaser trailers (11)
Starts with N, ends with DNOTYETRATED→
21A
Spanish "both" (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLOSDOS→
23A
Top banana, for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCEO→
24A
Ocean-mapping instruments (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSONARS→
25A
Upper limit that cannot be exceeded (7)
Starts with H, ends with PHARDCAP→
29A
Torment (5)
Starts with A, ends with YAGONY→
30A
Symbol in the Kentucky Derby logo (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROSE→
31A
Jazz singer Anita (4)
Starts with O, ends with YODAY→
33A
Holders of nets (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIMS→
34A
Schlepped (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTOTED→
35A
SCOTUS head count (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
36A
"Got it" (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
37A
Those for (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAYES→
38A
Sing like Sinatra (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCROON→
39A
Mickey Mouse (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTRIVIAL→
41A
Jewelry fasteners (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCLASPS→
42A
___ will (3)
Starts with I, ends with LILL→
43A
Slangy response to a knock at the door (6)
Starts with W, ends with TWHODAT→
44A
Onetime rap group whose initials spell out a synonym for "Jump Around," appropriately (11)
Starts with H, ends with NHOUSEOFPAIN→
49A
Unresponsive, maybe, for short (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMIA→
51A
Current affairs? (15)
Starts with E, ends with SELECTRODYNAMICS→
53A
Polite request (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAYI→
54A
Public transport option (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTRAM→
55A
Popular toys, in a plural form officially discouraged by their maker (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEGOS→
56A
___ admin (I.T. role) (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSYS→
57A
"Look, here's the deal …" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOKSO→
58A
Refuses to (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWONT→
Down
1D
Group of mutants (4)
Starts with X, ends with NXMEN→
2D
Expert on cosmos? (10)
Starts with M, ends with TMIXOLOGIST→
3D
Expert on the cosmos (10)
Starts with A, ends with RASTRONOMER→
4D
"To be," in Tijuana (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSER→
5D
Goals for those in a rush, informally (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFRATS→
6D
Golf great McIlroy (4)
Starts with R, ends with YRORY→
7D
Unlikely scenarios, in techspeak (9)
Starts with E, ends with SEDGECASES→
8D
Vacillated (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTEETERED→
9D
[WRONG!] (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBZZT→
11D
Two-pronged fastener (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBRAD→
13D
Was used up (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRANDRY→
15D
Stan's workplace on "American Dad!," for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACIA→
17D
Places to go in the U.K. (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLOOS→
22D
Third-generation Japanese American (6)
Starts with S, ends with ISANSEI→
24D
Draped garment (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISARI→
25D
Resting place (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHOTEL→
26D
Pulitzer-winning poet Aiken (6)
Starts with C, ends with DCONRAD→
27D
"Later, dude!" (10)
Starts with A, ends with OADIOSAMIGO→
28D
Prison design that allows one guard to keep watch on all the inmates (10)
Starts with P, ends with NPANOPTICON→
30D
Chess tactic in which the king and queen are attacked simultaneously by a single piece (9)
Starts with R, ends with KROYALFORK→
32D
Itches (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYENS→
34D
Personalize for (8)
Starts with T, ends with OTAILORTO→
38D
Like offspring in a strictly asexual lineage (6)
Starts with C, ends with LCLONAL→
40D
___ Nam (4)
Starts with V, ends with TVIET→
41D
Likely contact point of an uppercut (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCHIN→
43D
Self-driving car company started by Google (5)
Starts with W, ends with OWAYMO→
44D
Closes (in) (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHEMS→
45D
Big name in skin care (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOLAY→
46D
Some missed-exit maneuvers, informally (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUEYS→
47D
Poli-___ (certain college major, for short) (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISCI→
48D
Smartphone predecessors, for short (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPDAS→
50D
Second: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TASST→
52D
Copy cats? (3)
Starts with M, ends with WMEW→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 26, 2026?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Spencer Leach and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Hectic time for JFK (XMAS); Bar of note? (FRET); Texter's "Hang on a sec" (BRB).
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