NYT Crossword June 26 2026 Answers

All 70 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Spencer LeachEdited by Will Shortz
PUZZLE GRID15×15 · SPOILERS HIDDEN
1X2M3A4S5F6R7E8T9B10R11B12MISE13R14RODE15CZAR16EXTRA17LARGE18PIZZA19NOR20NOTYETRATED21LO22SDOS23CEO24SONARS25HARD26C27A28P29AGONY30ROSE31ODA32Y33RIMS34TOTED35NINE36ISEE37AYES38CROON39TRI40VIAL41CLASPS42ILL43WHODAT44H45O46U47SEOF48PAIN49MI50A51ELECTRODYNA52MICS53MAYI54TRAM55LEGOS56SYS57OKSO58WONT

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES70 CLUES
ACROSS
1AHectic time for JFK4 lettersXMAS
5ABar of note?4 lettersFRET
9ATexter's "Hang on a sec"3 lettersBRB
12ATightfisted sort5 lettersMISER
14ATook an Uber, say4 lettersRODE
15ATop banana4 lettersCZAR
20ALike many films in teaser trailers11 lettersNOTYETRATED
21ASpanish "both"6 lettersLOSDOS
23ATop banana, for short3 lettersCEO
24AOcean-mapping instruments6 lettersSONARS
29ATorment5 lettersAGONY
31AJazz singer Anita4 lettersODAY
33AHolders of nets4 lettersRIMS
34ASchlepped5 lettersTOTED
35ASCOTUS head count4 lettersNINE
36A"Got it"4 lettersISEE
37AThose for4 lettersAYES
38ASing like Sinatra5 lettersCROON
39AMickey Mouse7 lettersTRIVIAL
41AJewelry fasteners6 lettersCLASPS
42A___ will3 lettersILL
51ACurrent affairs?15 lettersELECTRODYNAMICS
53APolite request4 lettersMAYI
54APublic transport option4 lettersTRAM
56A___ admin (I.T. role)3 lettersSYS
58ARefuses to4 lettersWONT
DOWN
1DGroup of mutants4 lettersXMEN
2DExpert on cosmos?10 lettersMIXOLOGIST
3DExpert on the cosmos10 lettersASTRONOMER
4D"To be," in Tijuana3 lettersSER
6DGolf great McIlroy4 lettersRORY
7DUnlikely scenarios, in techspeak9 lettersEDGECASES
8DVacillated8 lettersTEETERED
9D[WRONG!]4 lettersBZZT
10DLevel4 lettersRAZE
11DTwo-pronged fastener4 lettersBRAD
13DWas used up6 lettersRANDRY
17DPlaces to go in the U.K.4 lettersLOOS
18DSpur4 lettersPROD
24DDraped garment4 lettersSARI
25DResting place5 lettersHOTEL
26DPulitzer-winning poet Aiken6 lettersCONRAD
27D"Later, dude!"10 lettersADIOSAMIGO
32DItches4 lettersYENS
34DPersonalize for8 lettersTAILORTO
40D___ Nam4 lettersVIET
44DCloses (in)4 lettersHEMS
45DBig name in skin care4 lettersOLAY
50DSecond: Abbr.4 lettersASST
52DCopy cats?3 lettersMEW
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