USA Today Crossword hints and answers for June 16, 2026
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Clues79
Across38
Down41
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Today’s USA Today 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
*"Hurry! We don't have much ___!" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIME→
5A
Scratchy voice (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRASP→
9A
Person cooking haggis, perhaps (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOT→
13A
Hecklers' shouts (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOOS→
14A
"Spill the beans," e.g. (5)
Starts with I, ends with MIDIOM→
16A
*"Do you ___?!" (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMIND→
17A
Place for garbage (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDUMP→
18A
"Will you let us?" (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECANWE→
19A
Colorado Natives (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUTES→
20A
Tailless primate (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
22A
Opposite of full (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEMPTY→
24A
State neighboring New Hampshire (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMAINE→
27A
Blender setting (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPUREE→
29A
Pick up the bill (3)
Starts with P, ends with YPAY→
32A
Feature of each of the X-Men (8)
Starts with M, ends with NMUTATION→
34A
Clown's walking props (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTILTS→
36A
Interruptions in "WandaVision" (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
37A
Actress Perez (5)
Starts with R, ends with EROSIE→
39A
Itty-bitty (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSMALL→
40A
Any of six items sought by Thanos, represented in the starred clues' answers (13)
Starts with I, ends with EINFINITYSTONE→
43A
Double-reeded instrument (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
44A
Music player (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSTEREO→
45A
Palindromic name (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
47A
Make changes to (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALTER→
49A
Heartfelt (7)
Starts with E, ends with TEARNEST→
51A
*"Queer Eye" TV genre (7)
Starts with R, ends with YREALITY→
54A
Planet often saved by superheroes (5)
Starts with E, ends with HEARTH→
55A
Gay ___ (queer cowboy shows) (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRODEOS→
57A
Handheld Sony console (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPSP→
58A
Woman, in German (4)
Starts with F, ends with UFRAU→
60A
"Get over it already!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESUEME→
62A
Breathing organ (4)
Starts with L, ends with GLUNG→
66A
Passage for tears (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDUCT→
67A
Dutch flower (5)
Starts with T, ends with PTULIP→
68A
Ireland's bestselling solo artist (4)
Starts with E, ends with AENYA→
69A
Enjoyed a food festival (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
70A
*"The final frontier" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPACE→
71A
*Heart and ___ (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSOUL→
Down
1D
"Will send details soon" (Abbr.) (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTBD→
2D
Promise-to-pay note (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
3D
Wanda Maximoff, to Billy and Tommy (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMOM→
4D
Nacion de Madrid (6)
Starts with E, ends with AESPANA→
5D
Grain in bibimbap (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERICE→
6D
Programmer Lovelace (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
7D
Act immorally (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSIN→
8D
*Telekinesis or invisibility, e.g. (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPOWER→
9D
X-rated material (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSMUT→
10D
Person designing communities (11)
Starts with C, ends with RCITYPLANNER→
11D
Gender-neutral pronoun (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
12D
Six-point NFL plays (3)
Starts with T, ends with STDS→
15D
"Spider-Man pointing" and "Agnes winking," e.g. (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEMES→
21D
___ dish (lab container) (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPETRI→
23D
Places to buy leashes and litter (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPETSTORES→
24D
UFC sport (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMMA→
25D
Able to be heard (7)
Starts with A, ends with EAUDIBLE→
26D
"You can slow down, you know!" (11)
Starts with I, ends with EITSNOTARACE→
27D
Suggest (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPOSIT→
28D
Bring together (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUNITE→
30D
No fewer than (7)
Starts with A, ends with TATLEAST→
31D
Fashion initials (3)
Starts with Y, ends with LYSL→
33D
Charged atoms (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIONS→
35D
"I think . . .," in a text (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIMO→
38D
Bronte's Jane (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEYRE→
41D
Get a sense for (7)
Starts with F, ends with TFEELOUT→
42D
Namor's domain (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
43D
Rower's tool (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
46D
To the ___ degree (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNTH→
48D
Get ___ of (discard) (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRID→
50D
Italian city that's an anagram of "planes" (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNAPLES→
52D
Assessments (5)
Starts with T, ends with STESTS→
53D
"Still awake?" (5)
Starts with Y, ends with PYOUUP→
56D
Actress Ward (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASELA→
57D
Nickname for Jose (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPEPE→
58D
Org. that okays vaccines (3)
Starts with F, ends with AFDA→
59D
Place to get stuck (3)
Starts with R, ends with TRUT→
61D
Open ___ night (3)
Starts with M, ends with CMIC→
63D
11-Down, in Spanish (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUNO→
64D
Univ. in Greenwich Village (3)
Starts with N, ends with UNYU→
65D
___ pal (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGAL→
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How many clues are in the USA Today Crossword for June 16, 2026?+
79 clues: 38 Across and 41 Down.
What are some answers in today’s USA Today Crossword?+
For example: *"Hurry! We don't have much ___!" (TIME); Scratchy voice (RASP); Person cooking haggis, perhaps (SCOT).
Who edits the USA Today Crossword?+
Erik Agard has edited the USA Today Crossword since 2020.
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