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NYT Crossword Answers Jun 9, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 9, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rebecca GoldsteinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1575 clues

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Across 36

  1. 1"Put a sock ___!" ↗INIT
  2. 5Bottomless pit ↗ABYSS
  3. 10Home of the W.N.B.A.'s Fever, informally ↗INDY
  4. 14Viral phenomenon ↗MEME
  5. 15Curse word cover-up ↗BLEEP
  6. 16Singer Del Rey ↗LANA
  7. 17Very impressed ↗AWED
  8. 18Echolocation technology ↗SONAR
  9. 19One who can't handle the truth? ↗LIAR
  10. 20Sport in an octagon, for short ↗MMA
  11. 21Chafes excessively ↗RUBSRAW
  12. 23Acid ↗LSD
  13. 24"The door's open!" ↗ENTER
  14. 26Elasticized part of sweatpants ↗WAIST
  15. 28Nearly unique ↗EXCEEDINGLYRARE
  16. 33Assists, in basketball slang ↗DIMES
  17. 34Headed for the hills ↗RAN
  18. 35Romaine course ↗SALAD
  19. 36Influential individual ↗ICON
  20. 37Collection of photographs or songs ↗ALBUM
  21. 39Broadway award ↗TONY
  22. 40Lump in one's throat ↗TONSIL
  23. 42Modifies ↗AMENDS
  24. 44Org. with Orioles, Blue Jays and Cardinals ↗MLB
  25. 46City with Carnival samba parades, informally ↗RIO
  26. 47Compromise that, ideally, leaves both parties satisfied ↗HAPPYMEDIUM
  27. 52Take to the skies ↗SOAR
  28. 54English soccer star ___ James ↗REECE
  29. 55Sonic boom generator? ↗SEGA
  30. 58Prediction of a negative outcome that is true of 21-, 28- and 47-Across ↗THISWONTENDWELL
  31. 61"We feel the same way" ↗USTOO
  32. 62Airport raced through in "Home Alone," in brief ↗ORD
  33. 63Info collected by a spy ↗INTEL
  34. 64Sound of a cartoon hit ↗BOINK
  35. 65Deep sorrow ↗WOE
  36. 66Cruising the Caribbean, say ↗ATSEA

Down 39

  1. 1Spiritual leader at a mosque ↗IMAM
  2. 2State that's home to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum ↗NEWMEXICO
  3. 3"Sheesh, gimme a break!" ↗IMEANCMON
  4. 4___ talk ↗TED
  5. 5Really ridiculous ↗ABSURD
  6. 6Carnivorous cinematic alien ↗BLOB
  7. 7Deep desires ↗YENS
  8. 8Cook in a very hot cast-iron pan, say ↗SEAR
  9. 9Be a bed hog, maybe ↗SPRAWL
  10. 10Under the weather ↗ILL
  11. 11Where employees work on tips and receive tips ↗NAILSALON
  12. 12Half of a biological helix ↗DNASTRAND
  13. 13Spot for a swing set ↗YARD
  14. 21Dee who directed 2017's "Mudbound" ↗REES
  15. 22Methods ↗WAYS
  16. 25Decade after the aughts ↗TEENS
  17. 27Steaming mad ↗IRATE
  18. 28Make some alterations ↗EDIT
  19. 29Not online, for short ↗IRL
  20. 30Snatch up ↗NAB
  21. 31Wildebeest ↗GNU
  22. 32Ice cream brand with an apostrophe in its name ↗EDYS
  23. 37Football standout ↗ALLPRO
  24. 38Word with name or voyage ↗MAIDEN
  25. 41Little pest ↗IMP
  26. 43"Little old me?" ↗MOI
  27. 45"Toodle-oo!" ↗BYENOW
  28. 46Fall back ↗RECEDE
  29. 47Western half of Hispaniola ↗HAITI
  30. 48Activity that may prompt burning questions? ↗ARSON
  31. 49Parisian subway ↗METRO
  32. 50Squad captained by Lindsey Horan to win Olympic gold in '24, for short ↗USWNT
  33. 51Gets together with ↗MEETS
  34. 52Bit of concert memorabilia, once ↗STUB
  35. 53Very, very much ↗OHSO
  36. 56Utter delight ↗GLEE
  37. 57Penne ___ vodka ↗ALLA
  38. 59Stir-frying vessel ↗WOK
  39. 60Part of una semana ↗DIA