NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 5, 2026
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Clues70
Across31
Down39
ConstructorKelly Morenus
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Adjusts, as text (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEMENDS→
7A
[Get away!] (3)
Starts with G, ends with RGRR→
10A
Lecture setting (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDAIS→
14A
"Can anyone explain this?!" (15)
Starts with M, ends with EMAKEITMAKESENSE→
17A
"Let me try to explain …" (15)
Starts with T, ends with TTHEWAYILOOKATIT→
18A
Gal pal (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSIS→
19A
Appeal in defense (4)
Starts with P, ends with APLEA→
20A
Coat on a tip? (6)
Starts with P, ends with HPOLISH→
21A
Round striker (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPEEN→
22A
Where 22-Across is (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHERE→
23A
Pilots' tools (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRADARS→
26A
Grocery stores? (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPANTRIES→
30A
Seaweed-based gels (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAGARS→
31A
Strikes out on one's own (9)
Starts with F, ends with OFLIESSOLO→
32A
So-called "Champagne of Spain" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACAVA→
33A
___ Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning chemist (5)
Starts with R, ends with DROALD→
35A
Targets of some regulations (9)
Starts with E, ends with SEMISSIONS→
37A
Something a toddler might grow out of (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPHASE→
38A
Fuji, e.g. (8)
Starts with R, ends with EREDAPPLE→
39A
Energizes (6)
Starts with G, ends with SGOOSES→
40A
Something you can see right through (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRIS→
41A
Not so rich, so to speak (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELITE→
42A
Remit, say (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMAILIN→
45A
New wave band with the 1979 album "Duty Now for the Future" (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODEVO→
46A
Destination (3)
Starts with A, ends with MAIM→
49A
Provide proactive help, in a way (15)
Starts with R, ends with ERUNINTERFERENCE→
52A
"Keep me out of it" (15)
Starts with I, ends with WIDONTWANTTOKNOW→
53A
Opposite of "stay silent" (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSING→
54A
"___ y plata" (Montana's motto) (3)
Starts with O, ends with OORO→
55A
Southwestern dwellings (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHOGANS→
Down
1D
Triage pros (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEMTS→
2D
Dorado fish, informally (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAHI→
3D
Scrapes (out) (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEKES→
4D
Just out (3)
Starts with N, ends with WNEW→
5D
Attire that may snap on (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDIAPERS→
6D
Does up, in a way (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTYLES→
7D
Big do (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGALA→
8D
Studio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne" (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORKO→
9D
Came out of bankruptcy, say (8)
Starts with R, ends with DREOPENED→
10D
What might give a hand in a casino? (11)
Starts with D, ends with EDEALERSSHOE→
11D
Opposed (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
12D
Deity with a temple in Pompeii (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISIS→
13D
Actor Gilliam of "The Wire" (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSETH→
15D
Attitude (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMIEN→
16D
Some athleisure bottoms (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSKORTS→
21D
Modern water sport (11)
Starts with P, ends with GPARASAILING→
22D
Summons (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHAILS→
23D
500 competitor (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRACER→
24D
Top form (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGAME→
25D
Biblical shepherd-turned-king (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDAVID→
26D
Kind of figure (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPLANE→
28D
___ Neal, co-star of TV's "The Hughleys" (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELISE→
29D
Painful spots (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSORES→
31D
People not to argue with, they say (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFOOLS→
33D
Forcibly halve (8)
Starts with R, ends with ORIPINTWO→
37D
Small marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP (7)
Starts with P, ends with OPOTOROO→
39D
Biblical verb (6)
Starts with G, ends with HGIVETH→
41D
Blue side, with "the" (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLEFT→
42D
Med. diagnostics (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMRIS→
43D
Maker of the Q3 (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAUDI→
44D
___ a secret (4)
Starts with I, ends with NINON→
45D
Movie villain who is a member of SPECTRE (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODRNO→
46D
Pioneering civil rights activist ___ Arnold Hedgeman (4)
Starts with A, ends with AANNA→
47D
Forbidden subject in Islamic art (4)
Starts with I, ends with NICON→
48D
Row houses, to Brits (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMEWS→
50D
Canal entry (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
51D
Med. diagnostic (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEKG→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 5, 2026?+
70 clues: 31 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kelly Morenus and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Adjusts, as text (EMENDS); [Get away!] (GRR); Lecture setting (DAIS).
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