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NYT Crossword — June 26, 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.

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Across

35 clues

1Hectic time for JFK

9Texter's "Hang on a sec"

12Tightfisted sort

14Took an Uber, say

16Biggest restaurant size that nevertheless is often topped?

19Logic gate that is only on when neither input is

20Like many films in teaser trailers

21Spanish "both"

23Top banana, for short

24Ocean-mapping instruments

25Upper limit that cannot be exceeded

30Symbol in the Kentucky Derby logo

31Jazz singer Anita

33Holders of nets

35SCOTUS head count

38Sing like Sinatra

41Jewelry fasteners

43Slangy response to a knock at the door

44Onetime rap group whose initials spell out a synonym for "Jump Around," appropriately

49Unresponsive, maybe, for short

51Current affairs?

53Polite request

54Public transport option

55Popular toys, in a plural form officially discouraged by their maker

56___ admin (I.T. role)

57"Look, here's the deal …"

Down

35 clues

1Group of mutants

2Expert on cosmos?

3Expert on the cosmos

4"To be," in Tijuana

5Goals for those in a rush, informally

6Golf great McIlroy

7Unlikely scenarios, in techspeak

11Two-pronged fastener

15Stan's workplace on "American Dad!," for short

17Places to go in the U.K.

22Third-generation Japanese American

24Draped garment

25Resting place

26Pulitzer-winning poet Aiken

27"Later, dude!"

28Prison design that allows one guard to keep watch on all the inmates

30Chess tactic in which the king and queen are attacked simultaneously by a single piece

34Personalize for

38Like offspring in a strictly asexual lineage

41Likely contact point of an uppercut

43Self-driving car company started by Google

45Big name in skin care

46Some missed-exit maneuvers, informally

47Poli-___ (certain college major, for short)

48Smartphone predecessors, for short

50Second: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Friday, Jun 26, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 26, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorSpencer Leach

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 35 down

Longest entries

16ABiggest restaurant size that nevertheless is often topped?15 ltrs 51ACurrent affairs?15 ltrs 20ALike many films in teaser trailers11 ltrs 44AOnetime rap group whose initials spell out a synonym for "Jump Around," appropriately11 ltrs 2DExpert on cosmos?10 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.