NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 8, 2026
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorTom McCoy
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Deer sir? (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSTAG→
5A
Free trial version (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODEMO→
9A
Caspian or Mediterranean (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
12A
Designer ___ Boss (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHUGO→
13A
Typographical embellishment (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSERIF→
14A
Go across (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSPAN→
15A
"Su-u-ure" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TIBET→
16A
Something green in a greenhouse (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPLANT→
17A
Half ___ (when the minute hand points down) (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPAST→
18A
Popular board game adapted from India [1] (9)
Starts with P, ends with IPARCHEESI→
20A
They quickly spread online (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEMES→
21A
"Soldier, stop!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with THALT→
22A
Page (through) (4)
Starts with L, ends with FLEAF→
23A
Challenge for student drivers [2] (15)
Starts with P, ends with GPARALLELPARKING→
30A
Metals in mines (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
31A
Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family" (4)
Starts with E, ends with CERIC→
32A
Apt zodiac sign for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
33A
Vitality (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPEP→
34A
Scoundrel's deeds (7)
Starts with K, ends with YKNAVERY→
37A
A pair (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTWO→
38A
Card game whose name is something players cry (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUNO→
39A
Assistant (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAIDE→
40A
Anthropologist Margaret (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMEAD→
41A
Never stop having fun [3] (15)
Starts with P, ends with YPARTYPARTYPARTY→
46A
"___ the night before Christmas …" (4)
Starts with T, ends with STWAS→
47A
Word repeated in "___ ye, ___ ye!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHEAR→
48A
Cube maker Erno (5)
Starts with R, ends with KRUBIK→
50A
55A
World's largest country with a four-letter name (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRAN→
56A
Underpinning (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBASIS→
57A
Home of Columbus (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOHIO→
58A
A single time (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
59A
Up in the air (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALOFT→
61A
"What a shame!" (3)
Starts with T, ends with KTSK→
62A
Test the weight of (4)
Starts with H, ends with THEFT→
63A
Backyard storage space (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSHED→
Down
1D
Steamer or cruiser (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSHIP→
2D
Oom-pah instrument (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATUBA→
3D
Follower of New or teen (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAGER→
4D
Hidden snags (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGOTCHAS→
5D
Key to the right of "+" and "=" on a Mac keyboard (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDELETE→
6D
What Taylor Swift calls the stages of her career (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
7D
5x5-square crossword (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMINI→
8D
Frequently, in poetry (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOFT→
9D
Email winnower (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSPAMFILTER→
10D
Effortlessness (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEASE→
11D
Tiny hill builders (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANTS→
13D
Characterize? (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSPELL→
19D
Nickname akin to Harry (3)
Starts with H, ends with LHAL→
20D
Compassion (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMERCY→
23D
Short-term kind of store (5)
Starts with P, ends with PPOPUP→
24D
Sports locale (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
25D
Give a debriefing (to) (10)
Starts with R, ends with KREPORTBACK→
26D
Prime use for a crowbar (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLEVER→
27D
Opposite of post- (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPRE→
28D
Starting to learn (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNEWAT→
29D
"Oh boy!" (5)
Starts with G, ends with YGOODY→
34D
Watercraft for an Inuit (5)
Starts with K, ends with KKAYAK→
35D
Small bites (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNIPS→
36D
Accessibility law inits. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
40D
Leaves stranded (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMAROONS→
42D
Strong string (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETWINE→
43D
What misers take to an extreme (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTHRIFT→
44D
Bread maker's supply (5)
Starts with Y, ends with TYEAST→
45D
___ Beesly, character who has the last line in the finale of "The Office" (3)
Starts with P, ends with MPAM→
48D
Civil uprising (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRIOT→
49D
Caterer's containers (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURNS→
50D
Whitish (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPALE→
51D
Starting, timewise (4)
Starts with A, ends with FASOF→
52D
"This looks like trouble!" (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUHOH→
53D
Number in a nonet (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
54D
Follower of pointy or pigeon (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOED→
56D
Expression of contempt (3)
Starts with B, ends with HBAH→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 8, 2026?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Tom McCoy and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Deer sir? (STAG); Free trial version (DEMO); Caspian or Mediterranean (SEA).
What time does the NYT Crossword come out?+
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