New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 06/26/2026. The June 26 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Hectic time for JFKXMAS
- 5a Bar of note?FRET
- 9a Texter’s “Hang on a sec”BRB
- 12a Tightfisted sortMISER
- 14a Took an Uber, sayRODE
- 15a Top bananaCZAR
- 16a Biggest restaurant size that nevertheless is often topped?EXTRALARGEPIZZA
- 19a Logic gate that is only on when neither input isNOR
- 20a Like many films in teaser trailersNOTYETRATED
- 21a Spanish “both”LOSDOS
- 23a Top banana, for shortCEO
- 24a Ocean-mapping instrumentsSONARS
- 25a Upper limit that cannot be exceededHARDCAP
- 29a TormentAGONY
- 30a Symbol in the Kentucky Derby logoROSE
- 31a Jazz singer AnitaODAY
- 33a Holders of netsRIMS
- 34a SchleppedTOTED
- 35a SCOTUS head countNINE
- 36a “Got it”ISEE
- 37a Those forAYES
- 38a Sing like SinatraCROON
- 39a Mickey MouseTRIVIAL
- 41a Jewelry fastenersCLASPS
- 42a ___ willILL
- 43a Slangy response to a knock at the doorWHODAT
- 44a Onetime rap group whose initials spell out a synonym for “Jump Around,” appropriatelyHOUSEOFPAIN
- 49a Unresponsive, maybe, for shortMIA
- 51a Current affairs?ELECTRODYNAMICS
- 53a Polite requestMAYI
- 54a Public transport optionTRAM
- 55a Popular toys, in a plural form officially discouraged by their makerLEGOS
- 56a ___ admin (I.T. role)SYS
- 57a “Look, here’s the deal ?”OKSO
- 58a Refuses toWONT
- Down
- 1d Group of mutantsXMEN
- 2d Expert on cosmos?MIXOLOGIST
- 3d Expert on the cosmosASTRONOMER
- 4d “To be,” in TijuanaSER
- 5d Goals for those in a rush, informallyFRATS
- 6d Golf great McIlroyRORY
- 7d Unlikely scenarios, in techspeakEDGECASES
- 8d VacillatedTEETERED
- 9d [WRONG!]BZZT
- 10d LevelRAZE
- 11d Two-pronged fastenerBRAD
- 13d Was used upRANDRY
- 15d Stan’s workplace on “American Dad!,” for shortCIA
- 17d Places to go in the U.K.LOOS
- 18d SpurPROD
- 22d Third-generation Japanese AmericanSANSEI
- 24d Draped garmentSARI
- 25d Resting placeHOTEL
- 26d Pulitzer-winning poet AikenCONRAD
- 27d “Later, dude!”ADIOSAMIGO
- 28d Prison design that allows one guard to keep watch on all the inmatesPANOPTICON
- 30d Chess tactic in which the king and queen are attacked simultaneously by a single pieceROYALFORK
- 32d ItchesYENS
- 34d Personalize forTAILORTO
- 38d Like offspring in a strictly asexual lineageCLONAL
- 40d ___ NamVIET
- 41d Likely contact point of an uppercutCHIN
- 43d Self-driving car company started by GoogleWAYMO
- 44d Closes (in)HEMS
- 45d Big name in skin careOLAY
- 46d Some missed-exit maneuvers, informallyUEYS
- 47d Poli-___ (certain college major, for short)SCI
- 48d Smartphone predecessors, for shortPDAS
- 50d Second: Abbr.ASST
- 52d Copy cats?MEW