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NYT Crossword — June 22, 2026

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

0 of 78 revealed

1S

2A

3F

4E

5A

6S

7K

8I

9N

10D

11A

12L

13I

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15P

H

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Y

16I

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17A

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18S

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G

19S

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20M

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21A

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22O

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23H

24O

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25A

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27D

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28A

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31B

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32A

33L

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39F

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40N

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48A

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57A

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58F

59O

60G

61E

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62T

63R

64I

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68A

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71B

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Across

36 clues

1The "S" of N.S.F.W.

5Invite to enter

10Artist Salvador

14"___ Your Enthusiasm"

15Totally sus, say

16Scholarly "same"

17Wave of antigovernment protests in the early 2010s

19Old name of Thailand

20What's rolled out for yoga

21Pint in a pub, maybe

22Performance at Lincoln Center

23Heading back to where one lives

30Shows signs of hunger

31Harsh, as a takedown

34Hollywood workplace

38Some undergrad degs.

39Low-tech cooler on a hot day

41Container at a beer blast

43"___ Got Talent"

46Madame : France :: ___ : Spain

48Playground denial

50Golf club often numbered 3 to 9

51Repository of seeds from all corners of the globe, informally

56What volcanoes do

58What the light from a lighthouse may pierce

62Track-and-field event with a sandpit ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23- and 51-Across

66"But ___ again ..."

67"Fingers crossed"

68Area east of the Urals

70Light brown and dull, as hair

71Actions at the Bellagio or Encore

Down

42 clues

3Beer pong venue, maybe

5Garden of Eden fruit

6Brilliant at negotiating

7Ornamental fish in a pond

9MetLife Stadium team, on scoreboards

11"Goodbye, mes amis"

12"Live and ___"

13What the "face with steam from nose" emoji suggests

18Piano player in "Casablanca"

24Pick, with "for"

25Elbow's place

26King's partner in castling

27Birds of peace

28Group whose "Gold: Greatest Hits" is the second-best-selling album in U.K. history

29Disneyland transport

32Unprecedented

33Fastened, as a corset or shoe

35Explosive personality trait

36Continental money

40Grandma, affectionately

44Spreading unchecked

47Zero, in soccer

49The Roku Channel, Hulu and others

51Little specifics, in slang

52One dental specialty, informally

53___ Banks (barrier islands of North Carolina)

54Narrow backstreet

55Abu Dhabi's land, for short

60Transcript figs.

62___ Cook, longtime tech C.E.O.

63Letter before sigma

64Debtor's note

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Stats & info

Monday, Jun 22, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

37/188

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 22, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorVictoria Fernandez Grande

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split36 across · 42 down

Longest entries

23AHeading back to where one lives13 ltrs 51ARepository of seeds from all corners of the globe, informally13 ltrs 17AWave of antigovernment protests in the early 2010s10 ltrs 62ATrack-and-field event with a sandpit ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23- and 51-Across10 ltrs 3DBeer pong venue, maybe9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 37 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.