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NYT Crossword — June 12, 2026

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 70 revealed

1D

2U

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4S

5S

6E

7A

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14G

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16D

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17O

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20D

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35O

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G

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60O

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G

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61A

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62R

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64A

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Across

35 clues

5Exhibiting a green face, stereotypically

12Children's book title character in a green suit

13Ambassador's aide

14Inheritance source, for good or ill

16"Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric)

17Prefix with present

19"Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi film with an approval rating of 5% on Rotten Tomatoes)

20Velociraptor, e.g., informally

24Followers of the guru Nanak

28Some fragrant gifts

29Half ass reply?

34Style with spotty coverage?

37Good market news

39Slip material

44Big name in cups

46Contents of a modern flood

50Some camera moves

52Commedia dell'___

53Needing no script

54Deuce follower

56"That's good to hear"

58Home of the world's largest independently owned bookstore (spanning an entire city block)

64Cost of a hand

Down

35 clues

1Pastry with Austrian origins, despite its name

2Cab alternative

4Sanskrit honorific

5Certain ladder climber

9Place where customers get their licks in?

11Home of the Ernest Hemingway House

14One who might say "You wish!"

15Site of America's first roller coaster

16T, in Morse code

23Locale for 11 Winter Olympics

27Tzatziki ingredient

31Quality establishments?

35Baseball trio

36Symbol of courage

38Epic beginning

41Saturn satellite

42Runners carry it

45Puts in one's two cents

47Smith who has won the Triple Crown of Acting

51Obstacle for Odysseus

55___ Point, Calif.

57Central point

60Pray, in Latin

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Stats & info

Friday, Jun 12, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 12, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorAmanda Winters

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 35 down

Longest entries

14AInheritance source, for good or ill14 ltrs 58AHome of the world's largest independently owned bookstore (spanning an entire city block)14 ltrs 9DPlace where customers get their licks in?14 ltrs 12DHidden gem14 ltrs 34AStyle with spotty coverage?11 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.