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NYT Crossword — June 10, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

41 clues

1Landon who ran against F.D.R. in 1936

4Big dust-up [1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002]

9"All That ___"

13Broadway actress Phillipa

14Alter, in a way, as a waistband

16It may be big or bright

18Big dust-up [1998, 2018]

19Tam-tam, e.g.

20Kind of dish for culturing micro-organisms

24Mars, notably [1978, 1986, 2022]

31Little dust-up

33Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter

35Michelin product

36Cinco de Mayo birth, e.g. [1930, 1950]

38Basketball position for a team's tallest player, usually: Abbr.

39Donations for the poor

40How you might feel after a marathon

41Three-player card game

42"Born" in Haiti

43"Lady Bird" director Greta [1954, 1974, 1990, 2014]

44Dog in "The Thin Man"

45Cousin of a flugelhorn

47Suffix with serpent

48Tribe of the Colorado Plateau

50Japan Airlines hub [1934, 1938, 1982, 2006]

55Univ. of Maryland athletes

61Get back for [1966]

64Vietnamese holiday

65Suit in a certain suite

66First name of TV's Mrs. Maisel

67Seat of White Pine County, Nev.

69Awards for Shohei Ohtani and Caitlin Clark [2010]

70Stereotypical dog's name

Down

37 clues

2Balcony section

3Fluffy slippers, e.g.

4___ House, residence for visiting dignitaries in Washington

5One making calls, informally

6Antismuggling grp.

7Global "club" with only eight members, each of which appears in circled letters with its country code

8Feast offering lomi salmon

9Wikipedia's logo, e.g.

11In a ___ state (fully present)

15Notes of appreciation, in online parlance

21Money market account figures

25Lose a water balloon fight, say

28Online crowdfunding platform

29Biltmore ___, America's largest privately owned home

30Some mattresses

31Batter's position

32Keep adding to a heap

34Motivator, of a sort

37Madrid's ___ Sofía Museum

41Prepare, in a way, as zucchini

43Thousands, in slang

46Subtle difference

51Total count in an online shopping cart

53Sandwich meat option

54"Howards End" daughter

56Only player on three victorious teams in this puzzle

57"Dread river of oath," per Homer

58Upper-body muscle, for short

60Hump day: Abbr.

62Chill in the air

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

42/183

Black / letter cells

4.7

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 10, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorDavid J. Kahn and Ethan Quigley

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split41 across · 37 down

Longest entries

7DGlobal "club" with only eight members, each of which appears in circled letters with its country code15 ltrs 3DFluffy slippers, e.g.11 ltrs 28DOnline crowdfunding platform11 ltrs 14AAlter, in a way, as a waistband6 ltrs 18ABig dust-up [1998, 2018]6 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.