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NYT Crossword — June 27, 2026

Saturday’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

15"What if we just … didn't?"

16Dancer's restraint?

17Kitchen project with minimal cleanup

18City on India's "golden triangle" tourism circuit

19Castaway's place, perhaps

20Alternative to Word

21GPS calculation: Abbr.

22Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g.

24Word repeated in a fit of disbelief

25"That way ..."

28He's credited as the director of photography for the 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour"

32Female lobster

33On the topic of

34Hindu rule of living

35U-Haul competitor

37GPS calculation: Abbr.

39Some choppers

40Give credit for

41Wee, informally

43"Your point being ...?"

44Defense council?

47___ climbing a tree (Sichuan noodle dish)

48Musical group that went on hiatus in 2022 so its members could serve in the military

49British ___ (colonial rule of India)

50Lead-in to -ology, for the study of the atmosphere

52Doesn't sit by

54A bit stale, say

60British buddy

61Hit the hay, to a toddler

62Its tail blows in the wind

63"It's just me here"

64Worry, worry, worry

65When many rebellions emerge for the first time

Down

35 clues

1"___ have thought?!"

4Wanes, with "off"

5Command from space command

6Walks with a wobble

7Persian poet who wrote the "Masnavi"

8"Qui ___-vous?" (French for "Who are you?")

10City between Madrid and Ciudad Real

11Person congratulated in a yard sign, maybe

12Toy adorned with a tiny rubber cape

14Things analyzed in some forensic tests

23Many a political piece

25Homages to a prior era

26"Look where you're going!"

27Deliberately downplay

29Suffix with urban

31Prom night rental

33Like a fired-up sports crowd

36Multipurpose shortening?

42In a quietly dignified way

45Plastic item in a lunchbox

46___ Oluo, author of 2018's "So You Want to Talk About Race"

47Diamond pattern

55Way up a mountain, perhaps

58Super Bowl X M.V.P. ___ Swann

59Diamond edges?

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jun 27, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

30/195

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 27, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorAdrian Johnson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 35 down

Longest entries

1A"Delightful!"10 ltrs 15A"What if we just … didn't?"10 ltrs 17AKitchen project with minimal cleanup10 ltrs 19ACastaway's place, perhaps10 ltrs 28AHe's credited as the director of photography for the 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour"10 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 30 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.