NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 4, 2026
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Clues74
Across39
Down35
ConstructorJoe Deeney
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
In "The Tempest," when Miranda says "O brave new world, That has such people in't!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with VACTV→
5A
Middlemen in illicit transactions (6)
Starts with F, ends with SFENCES→
11A
Last over the line, say (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSLOWEST→
14A
Sushi wrapper (4)
Starts with N, ends with INORI→
15A
Waikiki welcomes (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALOHAS→
16A
Indigenous people of the Great Basin (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUTE→
17A
Forbidden idol (11)
Starts with G, ends with EGRAVENIMAGE→
19A
"American ___" (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
20A
Neighborhood watering hole (9)
Starts with L, ends with ELOCALDIVE→
21A
Subj. for one aspiring to become bilingual (3)
Starts with E, ends with LESL→
22A
Particularly fine examples (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGEMS→
23A
Tolkien's Treebeard, for one (3)
Starts with E, ends with TENT→
26A
Shamash holder (7)
Starts with M, ends with HMENORAH→
28A
Really rips into (7)
Starts with A, ends with SASSAILS→
31A
Become enamored with (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTAKETO→
32A
Beguile (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENTICE→
34A
Bob who narrated "How I Met Your Mother" (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSAGET→
35A
Historic Bulgarian ruler (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
38A
Faux flattery (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSMARM→
40A
Bob who hosted PBS's "The Joy of Painting" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROSS→
41A
Broad-shouldered Titan (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATLAS→
43A
Most senior (6)
Starts with E, ends with TELDEST→
45A
Italian liquor distilled from winemaking leftovers (6)
Starts with G, ends with AGRAPPA→
47A
Downward dog and others (9)
Starts with Y, ends with SYOGAPOSES→
50A
Exactly as desired (10)
Starts with L, ends with MLIKEACHARM→
52A
151, once (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICLI→
53A
Discouraging words (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNOS→
55A
They come in black, Belgian and double varieties (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPAS→
56A
Path to spiritual harmony (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTAO→
58A
Bring out (6)
Starts with E, ends with TELICIT→
60A
Lillehammer's land: Abbr. (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
61A
Large retail establishment … and a hint to four squares in this puzzle (11)
Starts with B, ends with EBIGBOXSTORE→
63A
Part of the conjugation of "être" (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
64A
Candy heart phrase (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBEMINE→
65A
Where "the man gave names to all … the birds in the sky and all the wild animals" (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
66A
"Told you!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
67A
Containers in orchards (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCRATES→
68A
Run into (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMEET→
Down
1D
It's a matter of degrees (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANGLE→
2D
Beer brand with the slogan "La Playa Awaits" (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACORONA→
3D
Political leaflets (6)
Starts with T, ends with STRACTS→
4D
"The Four Seasons" composer (7)
Starts with V, ends with IVIVALDI→
5D
Altered excerpts of a film posted to social media, say (8)
Starts with F, ends with SFANEDITS→
6D
Sons of ___, exemplars of biblical wickedness (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
7D
Site of an 1899-1909 gold rush (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOME→
8D
Deep fissure (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCHASM→
9D
Bald youngster? (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEAGLET→
10D
Montreal-to-Boston dir. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESSE→
11D
Freudian censor (8)
Starts with S, ends with OSUPEREGO→
12D
Conservative guesses (12)
Starts with L, ends with SLOWESTIMATES→
13D
Links openings? (8)
Starts with T, ends with STEESHOTS→
18D
Imported beverage brand (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEVIAN→
22D
Pint-size racers (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGOKARTS→
25D
___ mold (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESLIME→
27D
"It Ain't Hard to Tell" rapper (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNAS→
29D
Six-winged angels (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSERAPHS→
30D
Like the appearance of armadillos and anacondas (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSCALY→
33D
Many a character on "The Pitt," informally (5)
Starts with E, ends with CERDOC→
35D
"Just Do It" and "Think Different" (8)
Starts with T, ends with STAGLINES→
36D
Fashion photographer's direction (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESTRIKEAPOSE→
37D
Not prix fixe (8)
Starts with A, ends with EALACARTE→
39D
Movie theaters with many screens (10)
Starts with M, ends with SMEGAPLEXES→
42D
Fancy hotel amenity (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
44D
Nursery purchases (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOILS→
46D
More pretentious (6)
Starts with A, ends with RARTIER→
48D
Disguise, in a way (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENCODE→
49D
Fancy affair (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESOIREE→
51D
Soft rock? (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMAGMA→
54D
Tube placed during angioplasty (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTENT→
57D
Article that might be prewritten, informally (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOBIT→
59D
Bullet point (4)
Starts with I, ends with MITEM→
61D
Airer of "The Graham Norton Show" (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBBC→
62D
Small square (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 4, 2026?+
74 clues: 39 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joe Deeney and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: In "The Tempest," when Miranda says "O brave new world, That has such people in't!" (ACTV); Middlemen in illicit transactions (FENCES); Last over the line, say (SLOWEST).
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