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NYT Crossword — June 3, 2026

Wednesday’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

34 clues
1"Fancy seeing you here!"
5Wishy-washy words
9Utah ski resort
13Lowly sorts
15Online "Yay!"
16Pixar franchise in which buses and taxis exist, despite serving seemingly no purpose
17Lament while dealing with "kids these days"
20Fish in a negitoro roll
21Where "music and passion were always the fashion," in a Barry Manilow hit
221990s feminist movement rooted in punk rock
26___ Rae Jepsen ("Call Me Maybe" singer)
27"___ be my pleasure"
28Playroom pile
30"Capisce?"
31Thai noodle dish
35Contents of la Seine
37Subtle acknowledgments
38Disease for which China's Tu Youyou discovered a lifesaving treatment, earning her a Nobel Prize
42"Knives Out" co-star ___ de Armas
43Research institute where radio astronomy began
44Compound in a joint
46Polite term of address
48Workout unit, for short
49"Hang loose" sign
51Where to find queens and kings
55As, in chemistry
57Literary character who hopes to get whale soon?
58Physical copy, colloquially
63"Othello" villain
64Rustic verse
65Linda of the band 4 Non Blondes
66___ mess (traditional English dessert)
67Pursue
68Event captured in the photograph "Into the Jaws of Death"

Down

42 clues
1Big name in nail polish
2Skirt's edge
3"Southern cough syrup"
4Two-way, as a door
5Bird with "barn" and "barred" varieties
6Angler's stick
7On little cat feet, say
8"Then again …," to a texter
9"Don't look suspicious!"
10Punjabi metropolis
11With 44-Down, many an EGOT contender … or what's spelled out by this puzzle's shaded squares?
12Give a makeup test?
14Dynasty after the Tang
18Raft turner
19Suggestion, informally
22Tears
23Tilted type: Abbr.
24Blvds. and rds.
25Use an 18-Down
29Animal whose crabeater variety does not, in fact, eat crabs
32Enjoyed, as finger food
33Forever and a day
34Cheese in the Czech dish smažený sýr
36Without exception
38Product of the internet that might be "dank" or "deep-fried"
39Odd duck, aptly
40"Yeah, right!"
41Nile biters
43"Pshaw!"
44See 11-Down
45Tries
47Submit
49Actress Sink of "Stranger Things"
50Insect that has reportedly passed the "mirror test" of self-recognition
52Down in the dumps
53Pequod, e.g.
54Overfilled
56Colored part of the 59-Down
59See 56-Down
60Wanderer in a forest
61Singer Rita
62M.L.B. team for "Mr. October" and "Mr. November"

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026
15×15
Grid size
76
Total entries
39/186
Black / letter cells
4.9
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Medium
Wednesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJun 3, 2026
DayWednesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorJiahe Men
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split34 across · 42 down
Longest entries
17ALament while dealing with "kids these days"15 ltrs58APhysical copy, colloquially15 ltrs22A1990s feminist movement rooted in punk rock9 ltrs51AWhere to find queens and kings9 ltrs9D"Don't look suspicious!"9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 39 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.