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NYT Crossword Answers Jun 23, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 23, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kathy BloomerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Swiss currency ↗FRANC
  2. 6Kind of clef used for the viola ↗ALTO
  3. 10Command to Rover ↗STAY
  4. 14Word after lucky or little ↗DEVIL
  5. 15Reserve in advance ↗BOOK
  6. 16Only PG-rated in terms of sexual content, say ↗TAME
  7. 17Menzel with a Tony for "Wicked" ↗IDINA
  8. 18___ fresca (Latin American refreshment) ↗AGUA
  9. 19Neural signal conductor ↗AXON
  10. 20One might involve a false account ↗COVERSTORY
  11. 22Judgmental sounds ↗TSKS
  12. 23Outrage ↗IRE
  13. 24Grp. that adjusts oil production ↗OPEC
  14. 26$100 bills, slangily ↗CSPOTS
  15. 30Alias ↗FAKENAME
  16. 34Casual greeting ↗OHHEY
  17. 35The Rev. Leonard Clement, in an Agatha Christie novel ↗VICAR
  18. 36Hide ___ hair ↗NOR
  19. 37Emotional state ↗MOOD
  20. 38Rash ↗HASTY
  21. 39Target of Glade or Febreze ↗ODOR
  22. 40Tidy updo, say ↗BUN
  23. 41Deices, as a road ↗SALTS
  24. 42Wipe out ↗ERASE
  25. 43Notable features of the Charleston, S.C., skyline ↗STEEPLES
  26. 45Like some roofs ↗GABLED
  27. 46Eye irritation ↗STYE
  28. 47Some small batteries ↗AAS
  29. 48Member of an ancient Peruvian empire ↗INCA
  30. 50Doesn't lie, exactly … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters ↗BENDSTHETR
  31. 57Babe in a stable ↗FOAL
  32. 58Nondairy spread ↗OLEO
  33. 59"Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic ↗BAYOU
  34. 60Big rig ↗SEMI
  35. 61Sit (down) heavily ↗PLOP
  36. 62Montréal traffic sign ↗ARRET
  37. 63Peak in Greek myth ↗OSSA
  38. 64Huff and puff ↗PANT
  39. 65"Geez-o-Pete!" ↗YEESH

Down 39

  1. 1Bank-protecting agcy. ↗FDIC
  2. 2Make over ↗REDO
  3. 3Tel ___ ↗AVIV
  4. 4Number of digits in a Social Security number ↗NINE
  5. 5Transparent quality ↗CLARITY
  6. 6Taper off ↗ABATE
  7. 7Apple's apple, for one ↗LOGO
  8. 8College campus offering ↗TOUR
  9. 9"All right! Enough already!" ↗OKAYOKAY
  10. 10New York's ___ Island ↗STATEN
  11. 11One might involve false accounts ↗TAXSCANDAL
  12. 12In a frenzy ↗AMOK
  13. 13Yearnings ↗YENS
  14. 21Yearbook div. ↗SRS
  15. 25For each ↗PER
  16. 26Detangles, in a way ↗COMBS
  17. 27Big whoop ↗SHOUT
  18. 28Bad calls? ↗PHONESCAMS
  19. 29It took more than 70 yrs. to complete its first edition ↗OED
  20. 30They may be raised in defiance ↗FISTS
  21. 31Follower of the Gospels? ↗ACTS
  22. 32Most dangerous animal in Maine, it's said ↗MOOSE
  23. 33Messed up ↗ERRED
  24. 35Word of farewell in old Rome ↗VALE
  25. 38Comet discovered in 1995 ↗HALEBOPP
  26. 39Globe ↗ORB
  27. 41Secretly watch, with "on" ↗SPY
  28. 42Region of Oakland and Alameda ↗EASTBAY
  29. 44Plus other things, in Latin ↗ETALIA
  30. 45Rip-roaring good time ↗GAS
  31. 47Take in a stray, say ↗ADOPT
  32. 48"In that event …" ↗IFSO
  33. 49Vetoes ↗NOES
  34. 51Jazzy Fitzgerald ↗ELLA
  35. 52Like the color of a safety vest, typically ↗NEON
  36. 53"Hyde and ___" (1955 Bugs Bunny short) ↗HARE
  37. 54Literary Jane ↗EYRE
  38. 55Things stepped on by bad ballroom dancers ↗TOES
  39. 56The "R" of R.B.G. ↗RUTH