NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 18, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 18, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Scott HoganEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Prepares for offspring ↗NESTS
  2. 6Hack ↗CHOP
  3. 10Supplier to Wile E. Coyote ↗ACME
  4. 14Employee after working hours, on "Severance" ↗OUTIE
  5. 15Sole ↗LONE
  6. 16Horse with a muted coat ↗ROAN
  7. 17Bro? ↗BROADWAYOPENING
  8. 20"ur funny" ↗LOL
  9. 21Essence ↗GIST
  10. 22"Goosebumps" author ↗STINE
  11. 23Adrenaline surge providers ↗EPIPENS
  12. 25Bit of Yahtzee equipment ↗DICECUP
  13. 27Word rhymed with "flash" in "A Visit From St. Nicholas" ↗SASH
  14. 28Obnoxiously blingy ↗GARISH
  15. 30"___ Been to the Mountaintop" (M.L.K. Jr. speech) ↗IVE
  16. 31Feminine sides ↗ANIMAS
  17. 33Gave a hand ↗AIDED
  18. 35Sit? ↗VISITORCENTER
  19. 38Alfred ___, co-creator of the original I.Q. test ↗BINET
  20. 39Rents out again ↗RELETS
  21. 40Mix-___ (ice cream shop supply) ↗INS
  22. 41Like shipping that's not quite overnight ↗TWODAY
  23. 43Downfall of the boy in 2018's "Beautiful Boy," in brief ↗METH
  24. 47Total after costs ↗NETGAIN
  25. 49"Next one's on me" ↗IOWEYOU
  26. 51[So heavy!] ↗GRUNT
  27. 52Mind-reading scan, in a way ↗FMRI
  28. 531,000,000,000 years, in astronomy ↗EON
  29. 54Ale? ↗FAIRYTALEENDING
  30. 57Relative of Hindi ↗URDU
  31. 58Follower of "4" on a love note ↗EVER
  32. 59Start of a selection process ↗EENIE
  33. 60They might be seeded ↗RYES
  34. 61Some yellow-green sodas, informally ↗DEWS
  35. 62Bob with the Silver Bullet Band ↗SEGER

Down 35

  1. 1Argon, krypton and xenon, informally ↗NOBLES
  2. 2Moon of Jupiter that has a liquid ocean under its surface ↗EUROPA
  3. 3Absolut alternatives ↗STOLIS
  4. 4Hermana de la madre ↗TIA
  5. 5"The ___ is wither'd from the lake": Keats ↗SEDGE
  6. 6Bona fide numbskull ↗CLASSAMORON
  7. 7Big name in archery equipment ↗HOYT
  8. 8Fuyumi ___, author of the "Twelve Kingdoms" fantasy novels ↗ONO
  9. 9Colas in the "cola wars" ↗PEPSIS
  10. 10Former governor Schwarzenegger, informally ↗ARNIE
  11. 11Occur at the same time ↗COINCIDE
  12. 12Skillful move ↗MANEUVER
  13. 13Lit. course ↗ENG
  14. 18Improvise ↗WINGIT
  15. 19Chemical agent used to make frosted glass ↗ETCHANT
  16. 24The terrible twos, for one ↗PHASE
  17. 25"Use at your own risk" and "Not professional advice," for two ↗DISCLAIMERS
  18. 26"Of the foot" prefix ↗PED
  19. 29Rose (up), in dialect ↗RARED
  20. 32___ Lion, Penn State mascot ↗NITTANY
  21. 34Nonspecific response to "Who's there?" ↗ITSME
  22. 35Like pickles and some potato salads ↗VINEGARY
  23. 36Chill way to take things ↗INSTRIDE
  24. 37Kid-lit character who says "It’s not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" ↗EEYORE
  25. 38Where many things get tossed ↗BIN
  26. 42Follower of quick or dim ↗WITTED
  27. 44Checking out ↗EYEING
  28. 45$2 coin, eh? ↗TOONIE
  29. 46Drive ↗HUNGER
  30. 48Masters ↗GURUS
  31. 50Cellar stock ↗WINES
  32. 52What time did in fun times ↗FLEW
  33. 54Traditional parka material ↗FUR
  34. 55Boston's Mass ___ ↗AVE
  35. 561.0 G.P.A. ↗DEE