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NYT Crossword — June 13, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 66 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

33 clues

1Bring together

6Alligatorid of Central and South America

12Fabric with diagonal ribbing

13Formula 1's Circuit de Monaco, e.g.

15Hip-hop artist with a 2018 Pulitzer

16Fine fodder for a Freudian analyst

17Call from a bridge

18State flower of Utah

19"Right?," in British lingo

21Like some parties

22One may be hanging by a thread

23"We're under a lot of pressure!"

26Make it or break it

27Danger signal

34Outmoded living room fixtures

38Show to be fabricating?

42Festival flier

43Number of Beethoven operas

44Fishing accessory

46Retired rapper Azalea

47"Oppenheimer" setting

49From the British Isles, say

50"Happy to help!"

51County fair animal

52Lichtenstein's "Whaam!," e.g.

53County fair animal

Down

33 clues

1Closing words of a historic 1963 speech

2Sinister cackle

3Many a modern chess-playing program

4Totally kill it

8Nobel-winning daughter of Marie Curie

9The 'rents, perhaps

10European football club founded in 1899

11Birds and tree squirrels

13Clutch hitter nicknamed "Mr. October"

14Kitchen brand

16Flight restriction?

18Obsolescent office accessory

21Blood bank supply

22What someone with boundless ambition "knows"

24Multibillionaire, e.g.

25Certain brain freezers

28Submissive sort, informally

31It comes in handy when the chips are downed

32Lovingly, in a score

33Is courting out of one's league, so to speak

35Poster of TikTok tutorials, e.g.

36Some hits, in music and baseball

38Square dance figure

39Kid-lit character who often loses his tail

41Stiller's partner in comedy

45Name on a "Kill Bill" poster

49Shade of gray

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jun 13, 2026

15×15

Grid size

66

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 13, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorRyan McCarty

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 33 down

Longest entries

13DClutch hitter nicknamed "Mr. October"13 ltrs 23A"We're under a lot of pressure!"11 ltrs 38AShow to be fabricating?11 ltrs 16AFine fodder for a Freudian analyst9 ltrs 27ADanger signal9 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.8 letters per entry.