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NYT Crossword — June 11, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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35 clues

1Word before baked or naked

10Thousand ___, city that's part of Greater Los Angeles

14___ Sea, body of water that lost 90% of its volume to irrigation

17It might have many sides

18"Yes, sir!," to an ancient Roman?

20Like photons, but not protons

23Sarcastic laugh syllable

25Sailor's bearings, to an ancient Roman?

30Flu-fighting org.

35Milky Way explosion

38Many a commencement speaker, in brief

39Had the answer

40Your mind's eye?

42"To be," in Iberia

43Certain Microsoft Office files, to an ancient Roman?

45Destination for 2025's ESCAPADE satellites

46"Cobra ___" (Netflix series)

50Something you might keep tabs on?

55Prestigious group of schools, to an ancient Roman?

57Lack of friction

58A wine (with an accent), or a flower (without one)

59Farm measures

60Genetic communicator, for short

61Lyrical works

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1Jon of "Top Gun: Maverick"

2Integral calculation

3Setups for some routers, in brief

4Poker holding of four cards of the same suit

5Clark Kent has one

6Barnyard producers of 7-Down

7Sounds produced by 6-Down

8Key next to a Touch Bar on some Mac laptops

10Convex physical feature

11EGOT-winning composer Menken

12Furrow, as one's brow

19Gillette Stadium team in the N.F.L., to fans

21TV journalist Spencer

25Traffic jam cacophony

26Barely winning, say

27Word on either side of "say"

28People one might meet at a drive

30Olympic snowboarder Kim

34Bargain hunter's targets

37Most perilous

41Country that forms a tripoint border with Niger and Nigeria

45Stable females

47Hairstyle sported by painter Bob Ross

48"There is no love sincerer than the love of ___": George Bernard Shaw

49Villainous ploy

50Eastern city with a famous mausoleum

52Like blue lobsters

53"That ___ funny"

54"Mushy" side dish with fish and chips

56Esteemed fighter pilot

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Stats & info

Thursday, Jun 11, 2026

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 11, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorNikhil Bailey

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 39 down

Longest entries

25ASailor's bearings, to an ancient Roman?11 ltrs 43ACertain Microsoft Office files, to an ancient Roman?11 ltrs 18A"Yes, sir!," to an ancient Roman?10 ltrs 55APrestigious group of schools, to an ancient Roman?10 ltrs 33AMet someone?9 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.