NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 22, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 22, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Victoria Fernandez GrandeEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 36

  1. 1The "S" of N.S.F.W. ↗SAFE
  2. 5Invite to enter ↗ASKIN
  3. 10Artist Salvador ↗DALI
  4. 14"___ Your Enthusiasm" ↗CURB
  5. 15Totally sus, say ↗PHONY
  6. 16Scholarly "same" ↗IDEM
  7. 17Wave of antigovernment protests in the early 2010s ↗ARABSPRING
  8. 19Old name of Thailand ↗SIAM
  9. 20What's rolled out for yoga ↗MAT
  10. 21Pint in a pub, maybe ↗ALE
  11. 22Performance at Lincoln Center ↗OPERA
  12. 23Heading back to where one lives ↗HOMEWARDBOUND
  13. 28Sitting on ↗ATOP
  14. 30Shows signs of hunger ↗DROOLS
  15. 31Harsh, as a takedown ↗BRUTAL
  16. 34Hollywood workplace ↗MOVIESET
  17. 38Some undergrad degs. ↗BAS
  18. 39Low-tech cooler on a hot day ↗FAN
  19. 41Container at a beer blast ↗KEG
  20. 42"Wha-a-at?" ↗HUH
  21. 43"___ Got Talent" ↗AMERICAS
  22. 46Madame : France :: ___ : Spain ↗SENORA
  23. 48Playground denial ↗ARENOT
  24. 50Golf club often numbered 3 to 9 ↗IRON
  25. 51Repository of seeds from all corners of the globe, informally ↗DOOMSDAYVAULT
  26. 56What volcanoes do ↗ERUPT
  27. 57Pie ___ mode ↗ALA
  28. 58What the light from a lighthouse may pierce ↗FOG
  29. 61Singer James ↗ETTA
  30. 62Track-and-field event with a sandpit ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23- and 51-Across ↗TRIPLEJUMP
  31. 66"But ___ again ..." ↗THEN
  32. 67"Fingers crossed" ↗IHOPE
  33. 68Area east of the Urals ↗ASIA
  34. 69Group ↗SORT
  35. 70Light brown and dull, as hair ↗MOUSY
  36. 71Actions at the Bellagio or Encore ↗BETS

Down 42

  1. 1Hoodwink ↗SCAM
  2. 2Vibe ↗AURA
  3. 3Beer pong venue, maybe ↗FRATHOUSE
  4. 4Flow out ↗EBB
  5. 5Garden of Eden fruit ↗APPLE
  6. 6Brilliant at negotiating ↗SHREWD
  7. 7Ornamental fish in a pond ↗KOI
  8. 8Holiday ___ ↗INN
  9. 9MetLife Stadium team, on scoreboards ↗NYG
  10. 10Get rid (of) ↗DISPOSE
  11. 11"Goodbye, mes amis" ↗ADIEU
  12. 12"Live and ___" ↗LEARN
  13. 13What the "face with steam from nose" emoji suggests ↗IMMAD
  14. 18Piano player in "Casablanca" ↗SAM
  15. 22Compel ↗OBLIGE
  16. 24Pick, with "for" ↗OPT
  17. 25Elbow's place ↗ARM
  18. 26King's partner in castling ↗ROOK
  19. 27Birds of peace ↗DOVES
  20. 28Group whose "Gold: Greatest Hits" is the second-best-selling album in U.K. history ↗ABBA
  21. 29Disneyland transport ↗TRAM
  22. 32Unprecedented ↗AFIRST
  23. 33Fastened, as a corset or shoe ↗LACED
  24. 35Explosive personality trait ↗SHORTFUSE
  25. 36Continental money ↗EURO
  26. 37Greater ___ ↗THAN
  27. 40Grandma, affectionately ↗NANA
  28. 44Spreading unchecked ↗RAMPANT
  29. 45Miso bean ↗SOY
  30. 47Zero, in soccer ↗NIL
  31. 49The Roku Channel, Hulu and others ↗TVAPPS
  32. 51Little specifics, in slang ↗DEETS
  33. 52One dental specialty, informally ↗ORTHO
  34. 53___ Banks (barrier islands of North Carolina) ↗OUTER
  35. 54Narrow backstreet ↗ALLEY
  36. 55Abu Dhabi's land, for short ↗UAE
  37. 59Leave out ↗OMIT
  38. 60Transcript figs. ↗GPAS
  39. 62___ Cook, longtime tech C.E.O. ↗TIM
  40. 63Letter before sigma ↗RHO
  41. 64Debtor's note ↗IOU
  42. 65Boxing punch ↗JAB