NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 9, 2026
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Clues75
Across36
Down39
ConstructorRebecca Goldstein
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
"Put a sock ___!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TINIT→
5A
Bottomless pit (5)
Starts with A, ends with SABYSS→
10A
Home of the W.N.B.A.'s Fever, informally (4)
Starts with I, ends with YINDY→
14A
Viral phenomenon (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMEME→
15A
Curse word cover-up (5)
Starts with B, ends with PBLEEP→
16A
Singer Del Rey (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALANA→
17A
Very impressed (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAWED→
18A
Echolocation technology (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSONAR→
19A
One who can't handle the truth? (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLIAR→
20A
Sport in an octagon, for short (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMMA→
21A
Chafes excessively (7)
Starts with R, ends with WRUBSRAW→
24A
"The door's open!" (5)
Starts with E, ends with RENTER→
26A
Elasticized part of sweatpants (5)
Starts with W, ends with TWAIST→
28A
Nearly unique (15)
Starts with E, ends with EEXCEEDINGLYRARE→
33A
Assists, in basketball slang (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDIMES→
34A
Headed for the hills (3)
Starts with R, ends with NRAN→
35A
Romaine course (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSALAD→
36A
Influential individual (4)
Starts with I, ends with NICON→
37A
Collection of photographs or songs (5)
Starts with A, ends with MALBUM→
39A
Broadway award (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTONY→
40A
Lump in one's throat (6)
Starts with T, ends with LTONSIL→
42A
Modifies (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAMENDS→
44A
Org. with Orioles, Blue Jays and Cardinals (3)
Starts with M, ends with BMLB→
46A
City with Carnival samba parades, informally (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
47A
Compromise that, ideally, leaves both parties satisfied (11)
Starts with H, ends with MHAPPYMEDIUM→
52A
Take to the skies (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSOAR→
54A
English soccer star ___ James (5)
Starts with R, ends with EREECE→
55A
Sonic boom generator? (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASEGA→
58A
Prediction of a negative outcome that is true of 21-, 28- and 47-Across (15)
Starts with T, ends with LTHISWONTENDWELL→
61A
"We feel the same way" (5)
Starts with U, ends with OUSTOO→
62A
Airport raced through in "Home Alone," in brief (3)
Starts with O, ends with DORD→
63A
Info collected by a spy (5)
Starts with I, ends with LINTEL→
64A
Sound of a cartoon hit (5)
Starts with B, ends with KBOINK→
65A
Deep sorrow (3)
Starts with W, ends with EWOE→
66A
Cruising the Caribbean, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with AATSEA→
Down
1D
Spiritual leader at a mosque (4)
Starts with I, ends with MIMAM→
2D
State that's home to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (9)
Starts with N, ends with ONEWMEXICO→
3D
"Sheesh, gimme a break!" (9)
Starts with I, ends with NIMEANCMON→
4D
___ talk (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTED→
5D
Really ridiculous (6)
Starts with A, ends with DABSURD→
6D
Carnivorous cinematic alien (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBLOB→
7D
Deep desires (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYENS→
8D
Cook in a very hot cast-iron pan, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEAR→
9D
Be a bed hog, maybe (6)
Starts with S, ends with LSPRAWL→
10D
Under the weather (3)
Starts with I, ends with LILL→
11D
Where employees work on tips and receive tips (9)
Starts with N, ends with NNAILSALON→
12D
Half of a biological helix (9)
Starts with D, ends with DDNASTRAND→
13D
Spot for a swing set (4)
Starts with Y, ends with DYARD→
21D
Dee who directed 2017's "Mudbound" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREES→
22D
Methods (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWAYS→
25D
Decade after the aughts (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEENS→
27D
Steaming mad (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRATE→
28D
Make some alterations (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
29D
Not online, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with LIRL→
30D
Snatch up (3)
Starts with N, ends with BNAB→
31D
Wildebeest (3)
Starts with G, ends with UGNU→
32D
Ice cream brand with an apostrophe in its name (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEDYS→
37D
Football standout (6)
Starts with A, ends with OALLPRO→
38D
Word with name or voyage (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMAIDEN→
41D
Little pest (3)
Starts with I, ends with PIMP→
43D
"Little old me?" (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMOI→
45D
"Toodle-oo!" (6)
Starts with B, ends with WBYENOW→
46D
Fall back (6)
Starts with R, ends with ERECEDE→
47D
Western half of Hispaniola (5)
Starts with H, ends with IHAITI→
48D
Activity that may prompt burning questions? (5)
Starts with A, ends with NARSON→
49D
Parisian subway (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMETRO→
50D
Squad captained by Lindsey Horan to win Olympic gold in '24, for short (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUSWNT→
51D
Gets together with (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEETS→
52D
Bit of concert memorabilia, once (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSTUB→
53D
Very, very much (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOHSO→
56D
Utter delight (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGLEE→
57D
Penne ___ vodka (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALLA→
59D
Stir-frying vessel (3)
Starts with W, ends with KWOK→
60D
Part of una semana (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADIA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 9, 2026?+
75 clues: 36 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rebecca Goldstein and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Put a sock ___!" (INIT); Bottomless pit (ABYSS); Home of the W.N.B.A.'s Fever, informally (INDY).
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