NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 2, 2026
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
ConstructorRich Katz
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Capital located on a fjord (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSLO→
5A
Battling militarily (5)
Starts with A, ends with RATWAR→
10A
State with the highest Mormon population (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUTAH→
14A
Snow clearer (4)
Starts with P, ends with WPLOW→
15A
Selected (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECHOSE→
16A
___ minimum (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBARE→
17A
"You missed your chance!" (10)
Starts with T, ends with WTOOLATENOW→
19A
Silver weapon brandished by one hoping for gold (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
21A
"It's legit!" (7)
Starts with F, ends with LFORREAL→
23A
___ Rica (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACOSTA→
24A
One with special access, in brief (3)
Starts with V, ends with PVIP→
25A
Gets a pooch to attack (12)
Starts with S, ends with NSICSTHEDOGON→
33A
One who might call you out if you get home late? (3)
Starts with U, ends with PUMP→
36A
Hindi term meaning "master"... or "mister" (5)
Starts with S, ends with BSAHIB→
37A
"My apologies!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSORRY→
38A
Part of a house or a mouth (4)
Starts with R, ends with FROOF→
40A
Obstetrician's specialty (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLABOR→
42A
Part of a shoe or many a bra (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELACE→
43A
Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSALEM→
45A
Dance for flexible people (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLIMBO→
47A
It might say "Home Sweet Home" (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMAT→
48A
Picked at one's food, in an avian metaphor (12)
Starts with A, ends with DATELIKEABIRD→
51A
Baton Rouge sch. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
52A
Wash with a glycol spray, as an airplane wing (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDEICE→
56A
With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across (7)
Starts with W, ends with EWHODOWE→
60A
Marsupial whose name sometimes omits its first letter (7)
Starts with O, ends with MOPOSSUM→
62A
Tony ___, former Cowboys QB (4)
Starts with R, ends with OROMO→
63A
See 56-Across (10)
Starts with A, ends with EAPPRECIATE→
65A
All over again (4)
Starts with A, ends with WANEW→
66A
"No bid from me" (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIPASS→
67A
Bad forecast for a parade (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRAIN→
68A
Ivy in Philadelphia, familiarly (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPENN→
69A
Letter-shaped groove for a fastener (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTSLOT→
70A
Barely made, with "out" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEKED→
Down
1D
Kind of nerve that connects to the eye (5)
Starts with O, ends with COPTIC→
2D
Manner in which sports replays are shown, familiarly (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSLOMO→
3D
Hangs (over) (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOOMS→
4D
Babies that are supposed to be up all night? (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOWLETS→
5D
Five things in each of Shakespeare's plays (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACTS→
6D
"My country, ’tis of ___ …" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEE→
7D
Was victorious (3)
Starts with W, ends with NWON→
9D
Fixed, as a tapestry or a tatami (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREWOVE→
10D
Original name of a popular shared-ride service (8)
Starts with U, ends with LUBERPOOL→
11D
Word after video or Scotch (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAPE→
12D
About 8,100 square feet, for a baseball infield (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
13D
What helps you get a leg up? (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHEEL→
18D
Eroticist Nin (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANAIS→
22D
Purges, with "of" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDS→
26D
Baseball Hall-of-Famer ___ Ripken (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCAL→
27D
Rock that's fracked to release oil (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHALE→
28D
Bone in the lower leg (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATIBIA→
29D
Fusion weapon, familiarly (5)
Starts with H, ends with BHBOMB→
30D
Weight unit at British markets (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGRAM→
31D
Sea sight in black and white (4)
Starts with O, ends with AORCA→
32D
The decline of Russia? (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNYET→
33D
Lead-in to Major or Minor in the night sky (4)
Starts with U, ends with AURSA→
34D
What a drawbridge might cross (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOAT→
35D
Word with vault or position (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOLE→
39D
Collapsed (8)
Starts with F, ends with NFELLDOWN→
41D
One of four generated by a grand slam, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
44D
Kind of soup often served with sushi (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMISO→
46D
Surgeon, informally (5)
Starts with O, ends with CORDOC→
49D
Emirate that was the site of Operation Desert Storm (6)
Starts with K, ends with TKUWAIT→
50D
Longing (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDESIRE→
53D
Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" (5)
Starts with I, ends with KISAAK→
54D
One who's "adorbs" (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECUTIE→
55D
Revise, as text (5)
Starts with E, ends with DEMEND→
56D
Prepare for gifting (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWRAP→
57D
Sharpen (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHONE→
58D
Finding a penny with the tails side up is said to be a bad one (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOMEN→
59D
Actor/rapper Omar (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEPPS→
60D
"In that neighborhood" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OORSO→
61D
Gnat or nit (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEST→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 2, 2026?+
76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rich Katz and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Capital located on a fjord (OSLO); Battling militarily (ATWAR); State with the highest Mormon population (UTAH).
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