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NYT Crossword — June 29, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 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

6N.Y.C. club that hosted Blondie and the Ramones

16Classic TV series with asterisks separating the letters of its name

17Screen addiction, e.g.

19Canyon call back

20Word after B or D

21Length x width, for a rectangle

22What food is at dinner

23Where boxers trade jabs

26Cocktail with gin and lime juice

29Word before cheese or uncle

30Hedonistic sort

31Medium-spicy chili peppers

40Driving slowly in the fast lane and "replying all" to a mass email, for two

41Vishnu avatar

42"Now ___ seen everything"

43Snail's tentacle or butterfly's antenna

45Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, Linus Pauling, Martin Luther King Jr. and so on

51Carne ___ (Mexican dish)

53Long sandwich with cold cuts, maybe

56Bouquet holder

57"Meow, meow, meow!," e.g.

61Like a child in an amusement park

62"___, meenie, miney, mo"

64Author Morrison who is part of the 45-Across

65Puffs of perfume

Down

43 clues

1Elmer who hunts "wabbits"

3Impose, as a tax

5Make a break from jail

8Big inits. in pickup trucks and vans

10Spread, as cream cheese

11Saguaros, e.g.

13Underwear that's barely there

18The "E" in Q.E.D.

22Home to the Sphinx

23A quarter or more of one's life, typically

24Majorca and Minorca

26Rubbery part of a handlebar

28Mixed-breed dog

31Talks in an unserious way

32What wines and cheeses do over time

34Novelist Stephenson

36One of seven in the Big Dipper

38Woman's name meaning "night"

39___ Strauss & Co.

43"Adventures of Huckleberry ___"

45Like the force of an armada

46Home to Universal Studios Japan

47On a need-to-know ____

50One of the Super Mario brothers

53Pride and gluttony, for two

54Amount of work on a college transcript

57What puts the sizzle in bacon

59Floral necklace

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Stats & info

Monday, Jun 29, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 29, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorGinny Too and Rajeswari Rajamani

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 43 down

Longest entries

37AClever chap15 ltrs 23AWhere boxers trade jabs12 ltrs 45ANelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, Linus Pauling, Martin Luther King Jr. and so on12 ltrs 17AScreen addiction, e.g.10 ltrs 57A"Meow, meow, meow!," e.g.10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.