NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 26, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 26, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 35

  1. 1Hectic time for JFK ↗XMAS
  2. 5Bar of note? ↗FRET
  3. 9Texter's "Hang on a sec" ↗BRB
  4. 12Tightfisted sort ↗MISER
  5. 14Took an Uber, say ↗RODE
  6. 15Top banana ↗CZAR
  7. 16Biggest restaurant size that nevertheless is often topped? ↗EXTRALARGEPIZZA
  8. 19Logic gate that is only on when neither input is ↗NOR
  9. 20Like many films in teaser trailers ↗NOTYETRATED
  10. 21Spanish "both" ↗LOSDOS
  11. 23Top banana, for short ↗CEO
  12. 24Ocean-mapping instruments ↗SONARS
  13. 25Upper limit that cannot be exceeded ↗HARDCAP
  14. 29Torment ↗AGONY
  15. 30Symbol in the Kentucky Derby logo ↗ROSE
  16. 31Jazz singer Anita ↗ODAY
  17. 33Holders of nets ↗RIMS
  18. 34Schlepped ↗TOTED
  19. 35SCOTUS head count ↗NINE
  20. 36"Got it" ↗ISEE
  21. 37Those for ↗AYES
  22. 38Sing like Sinatra ↗CROON
  23. 39Mickey Mouse ↗TRIVIAL
  24. 41Jewelry fasteners ↗CLASPS
  25. 42___ will ↗ILL
  26. 43Slangy response to a knock at the door ↗WHODAT
  27. 44Onetime rap group whose initials spell out a synonym for "Jump Around," appropriately ↗HOUSEOFPAIN
  28. 49Unresponsive, maybe, for short ↗MIA
  29. 51Current affairs? ↗ELECTRODYNAMICS
  30. 53Polite request ↗MAYI
  31. 54Public transport option ↗TRAM
  32. 55Popular toys, in a plural form officially discouraged by their maker ↗LEGOS
  33. 56___ admin (I.T. role) ↗SYS
  34. 57"Look, here's the deal …" ↗OKSO
  35. 58Refuses to ↗WONT

Down 35

  1. 1Group of mutants ↗XMEN
  2. 2Expert on cosmos? ↗MIXOLOGIST
  3. 3Expert on the cosmos ↗ASTRONOMER
  4. 4"To be," in Tijuana ↗SER
  5. 5Goals for those in a rush, informally ↗FRATS
  6. 6Golf great McIlroy ↗RORY
  7. 7Unlikely scenarios, in techspeak ↗EDGECASES
  8. 8Vacillated ↗TEETERED
  9. 9[WRONG!] ↗BZZT
  10. 10Level ↗RAZE
  11. 11Two-pronged fastener ↗BRAD
  12. 13Was used up ↗RANDRY
  13. 15Stan's workplace on "American Dad!," for short ↗CIA
  14. 17Places to go in the U.K. ↗LOOS
  15. 18Spur ↗PROD
  16. 22Third-generation Japanese American ↗SANSEI
  17. 24Draped garment ↗SARI
  18. 25Resting place ↗HOTEL
  19. 26Pulitzer-winning poet Aiken ↗CONRAD
  20. 27"Later, dude!" ↗ADIOSAMIGO
  21. 28Prison design that allows one guard to keep watch on all the inmates ↗PANOPTICON
  22. 30Chess tactic in which the king and queen are attacked simultaneously by a single piece ↗ROYALFORK
  23. 32Itches ↗YENS
  24. 34Personalize for ↗TAILORTO
  25. 38Like offspring in a strictly asexual lineage ↗CLONAL
  26. 40___ Nam ↗VIET
  27. 41Likely contact point of an uppercut ↗CHIN
  28. 43Self-driving car company started by Google ↗WAYMO
  29. 44Closes (in) ↗HEMS
  30. 45Big name in skin care ↗OLAY
  31. 46Some missed-exit maneuvers, informally ↗UEYS
  32. 47Poli-___ (certain college major, for short) ↗SCI
  33. 48Smartphone predecessors, for short ↗PDAS
  34. 50Second: Abbr. ↗ASST
  35. 52Copy cats? ↗MEW