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NYT Crossword — June 28, 2026

Sunday’s 22 × 21 puzzle, 145 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

67 clues

1Counterpart of a rani

15Carpet on the forest floor

20Score direction for some stringed instruments

22Intellectual gathering

23Was an employee at IHOP, in Valleyspeak?

26Director Kurosawa

27"The Little Prince" author ___ de Saint-Exupéry

28Bit of travel info, for short

30Mentally nimble

32Fanned some Egyptian royalty, in Valleyspeak?

35More likely to clap back

38Designer who helped popularize the beatnik look, in brief

39What Alaska is, among all the states

40Remote button

46One of five Norwegian kings

47Did some birding, in Valleyspeak?

57Architectural feature above a belfry

58God who sacrificed an eye for wisdom

59Sharp-edged tool

65Nowhere to be found

67Radio City Music Hall style, informally

69Pop singer Rita

70Hitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak?

75"I've been ___!"

76Mathematician John who won a Nobel in economic science in 1994

78Listings in a bankruptcy filing

79First state to implement a bottle deposit to fight littering

81Some pulpy drinks, for short

84"Doctor Who" and "Doctor Foster" airer, with "the"

88The official fuel of the N.H.L. in Canada

89Made some outfielder errors, in Valleyspeak?

93Cousin of a Tony

97Time to give up?

98"It's Raining ___" (gay anthem)

99"Oh, there's more ..."

102In the style of

105Folded handout

108Prepared for some new pet fish, in Valleyspeak?

112Fashion designer Emhoff

113Specialized vocabularies

114Govt. lawyers

115Kyiv's country: Abbr.

116Spanish "My God!"

120State capital in the Treasure Valley

121Performed some witchcraft, in Valleyspeak?

124Was mistaken

125Little redhead in a long-running Broadway show

126Nobel laureate Wiesel

127Island where parts of "Jurassic Park" were filmed

128Spot to plot

129Binary question type

130High-five, e.g.

131This won't last

Down

78 clues

1Santa ___, city that's home to the Charles M. Schulz Museum

2One acting on impulse?

3Split from suddenly, in a way

6"Let this be a lesson!"

7Shakespearean conjunction

8Deep-seated desires

9Wide and uninhibited, as a grin

10Start of a song with the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

11Hadron component

12Iconic nerd of 1990s TV

13Needing iron supplements, say

14Lines on some grids: Abbr.

17Irritated with

22Course in a Brazilian meal

24Word with job or track

25New Mexico county or its seat

33Actress Kurylenko of "Quantum of Solace"

34Eccentric sort

35They shine during the day

36Great heights

37Move, in Realtor-speak

40Some microbuses, in brief

42Relating to some forces on Earth

45Peaceful period

48Swamp critter

49"Keep dreaming"

50Smallest relative of an ostrich

51Kind of mushroom that comes in a bundle

52"What can ___ to help?"

54"What took so long?!"

55Summary of a contract's details

60Treats, in a way, as a swelling

63Riddle in Zen Buddhism

68One might be named for a king or queen

71God who rides in a chariot pulled by two goats

72Got just right

73Souvenir from the seashore

80Competitor who has manners

82"You had one ___!"

83Washington, D.C.'s International ___ Museum

85Jessica of "The Better Sister"

87W-2 requirement, in brief

89Person from South Asia

90Whisky flavorer

91Very involved (in)

92Catchall phrase from Latin

94Stepped up to the plate

99Awe-inspiring light show

100Sushi consisting of thin slices of fish over rice

101"Whew! Finished!"

104Joints shown by no-show socks

106Gathers (together)

108Biblical tower locale

109Clears, as profit

110Welcome at the door

111Something consumed by the ton by whales

117Home of the Road to Hana, whose 64-mile length contains more than 600 curves

118Modern-day Persia

119Neglect to include

122Abbr. in a job posting

123Carnival maker

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Stats & info

Sunday, Jun 28, 2026

22×21

Grid size

145

Total entries

78/384

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

22 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 28, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeDown in the Valley

ConstructorRebecca Goldstein and Christina Iverson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split67 across · 78 down

Longest entries

70AHitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak?22 ltrs 23AWas an employee at IHOP, in Valleyspeak?16 ltrs 47ADid some birding, in Valleyspeak?16 ltrs 89AMade some outfielder errors, in Valleyspeak?16 ltrs 121APerformed some witchcraft, in Valleyspeak?16 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 78 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.