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NYT Crossword Answers Jun 2, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 2, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rich KatzEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Capital located on a fjord ↗OSLO
  2. 5Battling militarily ↗ATWAR
  3. 10State with the highest Mormon population ↗UTAH
  4. 14Snow clearer ↗PLOW
  5. 15Selected ↗CHOSE
  6. 16___ minimum ↗BARE
  7. 17"You missed your chance!" ↗TOOLATENOW
  8. 19Silver weapon brandished by one hoping for gold ↗EPEE
  9. 20Huge ↗IMMENSE
  10. 21"It's legit!" ↗FORREAL
  11. 23___ Rica ↗COSTA
  12. 24One with special access, in brief ↗VIP
  13. 25Gets a pooch to attack ↗SICSTHEDOGON
  14. 33One who might call you out if you get home late? ↗UMP
  15. 36Hindi term meaning "master"... or "mister" ↗SAHIB
  16. 37"My apologies!" ↗SORRY
  17. 38Part of a house or a mouth ↗ROOF
  18. 40Obstetrician's specialty ↗LABOR
  19. 42Part of a shoe or many a bra ↗LACE
  20. 43Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" ↗SALEM
  21. 45Dance for flexible people ↗LIMBO
  22. 47It might say "Home Sweet Home" ↗MAT
  23. 48Picked at one's food, in an avian metaphor ↗ATELIKEABIRD
  24. 51Baton Rouge sch. ↗LSU
  25. 52Wash with a glycol spray, as an airplane wing ↗DEICE
  26. 56With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across ↗WHODOWE
  27. 60Marsupial whose name sometimes omits its first letter ↗OPOSSUM
  28. 62Tony ___, former Cowboys QB ↗ROMO
  29. 63See 56-Across ↗APPRECIATE
  30. 65All over again ↗ANEW
  31. 66"No bid from me" ↗IPASS
  32. 67Bad forecast for a parade ↗RAIN
  33. 68Ivy in Philadelphia, familiarly ↗PENN
  34. 69Letter-shaped groove for a fastener ↗TSLOT
  35. 70Barely made, with "out" ↗EKED

Down 41

  1. 1Kind of nerve that connects to the eye ↗OPTIC
  2. 2Manner in which sports replays are shown, familiarly ↗SLOMO
  3. 3Hangs (over) ↗LOOMS
  4. 4Babies that are supposed to be up all night? ↗OWLETS
  5. 5Five things in each of Shakespeare's plays ↗ACTS
  6. 6"My country, ’tis of ___ …" ↗THEE
  7. 7Was victorious ↗WON
  8. 8Since ↗ASOF
  9. 9Fixed, as a tapestry or a tatami ↗REWOVE
  10. 10Original name of a popular shared-ride service ↗UBERPOOL
  11. 11Word after video or Scotch ↗TAPE
  12. 12About 8,100 square feet, for a baseball infield ↗AREA
  13. 13What helps you get a leg up? ↗HEEL
  14. 18Eroticist Nin ↗ANAIS
  15. 22Purges, with "of" ↗RIDS
  16. 26Baseball Hall-of-Famer ___ Ripken ↗CAL
  17. 27Rock that's fracked to release oil ↗SHALE
  18. 28Bone in the lower leg ↗TIBIA
  19. 29Fusion weapon, familiarly ↗HBOMB
  20. 30Weight unit at British markets ↗GRAM
  21. 31Sea sight in black and white ↗ORCA
  22. 32The decline of Russia? ↗NYET
  23. 33Lead-in to Major or Minor in the night sky ↗URSA
  24. 34What a drawbridge might cross ↗MOAT
  25. 35Word with vault or position ↗POLE
  26. 39Collapsed ↗FELLDOWN
  27. 41One of four generated by a grand slam, for short ↗RBI
  28. 44Kind of soup often served with sushi ↗MISO
  29. 46Surgeon, informally ↗ORDOC
  30. 49Emirate that was the site of Operation Desert Storm ↗KUWAIT
  31. 50Longing ↗DESIRE
  32. 53Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" ↗ISAAK
  33. 54One who's "adorbs" ↗CUTIE
  34. 55Revise, as text ↗EMEND
  35. 56Prepare for gifting ↗WRAP
  36. 57Sharpen ↗HONE
  37. 58Finding a penny with the tails side up is said to be a bad one ↗OMEN
  38. 59Actor/rapper Omar ↗EPPS
  39. 60"In that neighborhood" ↗ORSO
  40. 61Gnat or nit ↗PEST
  41. 64Bud ↗PAL