NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 5, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 5, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kelly MorenusEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 31

  1. 1Adjusts, as text ↗EMENDS
  2. 7[Get away!] ↗GRR
  3. 10Lecture setting ↗DAIS
  4. 14"Can anyone explain this?!" ↗MAKEITMAKESENSE
  5. 17"Let me try to explain …" ↗THEWAYILOOKATIT
  6. 18Gal pal ↗SIS
  7. 19Appeal in defense ↗PLEA
  8. 20Coat on a tip? ↗POLISH
  9. 21Round striker ↗PEEN
  10. 22Where 22-Across is ↗HERE
  11. 23Pilots' tools ↗RADARS
  12. 26Grocery stores? ↗PANTRIES
  13. 30Seaweed-based gels ↗AGARS
  14. 31Strikes out on one's own ↗FLIESSOLO
  15. 32So-called "Champagne of Spain" ↗CAVA
  16. 33___ Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning chemist ↗ROALD
  17. 34Fuss ↗STIR
  18. 35Targets of some regulations ↗EMISSIONS
  19. 37Something a toddler might grow out of ↗PHASE
  20. 38Fuji, e.g. ↗REDAPPLE
  21. 39Energizes ↗GOOSES
  22. 40Something you can see right through ↗IRIS
  23. 41Not so rich, so to speak ↗LITE
  24. 42Remit, say ↗MAILIN
  25. 45New wave band with the 1979 album "Duty Now for the Future" ↗DEVO
  26. 46Destination ↗AIM
  27. 49Provide proactive help, in a way ↗RUNINTERFERENCE
  28. 52"Keep me out of it" ↗IDONTWANTTOKNOW
  29. 53Opposite of "stay silent" ↗SING
  30. 54"___ y plata" (Montana's motto) ↗ORO
  31. 55Southwestern dwellings ↗HOGANS

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  1. 1Triage pros ↗EMTS
  2. 2Dorado fish, informally ↗MAHI
  3. 3Scrapes (out) ↗EKES
  4. 4Just out ↗NEW
  5. 5Attire that may snap on ↗DIAPERS
  6. 6Does up, in a way ↗STYLES
  7. 7Big do ↗GALA
  8. 8Studio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne" ↗RKO
  9. 9Came out of bankruptcy, say ↗REOPENED
  10. 10What might give a hand in a casino? ↗DEALERSSHOE
  11. 11Opposed ↗ANTI
  12. 12Deity with a temple in Pompeii ↗ISIS
  13. 13Actor Gilliam of "The Wire" ↗SETH
  14. 15Attitude ↗MIEN
  15. 16Some athleisure bottoms ↗SKORTS
  16. 21Modern water sport ↗PARASAILING
  17. 22Summons ↗HAILS
  18. 23500 competitor ↗RACER
  19. 24Top form ↗AGAME
  20. 25Biblical shepherd-turned-king ↗DAVID
  21. 26Kind of figure ↗PLANE
  22. 27I I I ↗IOTAS
  23. 28___ Neal, co-star of TV's "The Hughleys" ↗ELISE
  24. 29Painful spots ↗SORES
  25. 31People not to argue with, they say ↗FOOLS
  26. 33Forcibly halve ↗RIPINTWO
  27. 36Dash ↗SPRINT
  28. 37Small marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP ↗POTOROO
  29. 39Biblical verb ↗GIVETH
  30. 41Blue side, with "the" ↗LEFT
  31. 42Med. diagnostics ↗MRIS
  32. 43Maker of the Q3 ↗AUDI
  33. 44___ a secret ↗INON
  34. 45Movie villain who is a member of SPECTRE ↗DRNO
  35. 46Pioneering civil rights activist ___ Arnold Hedgeman ↗ANNA
  36. 47Forbidden subject in Islamic art ↗ICON
  37. 48Row houses, to Brits ↗MEWS
  38. 50Canal entry ↗EAR
  39. 51Med. diagnostic ↗EKG