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NYT Crossword — June 30, 2026

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Professional wrestler's takedown

5Halt, to a horse

9"You've ___ this!"

12Business-casual tops worn in the summer

15Beatles compilation album with 27 chart-topping hits

16Big name in pain relief

17Peter ___, physicist with a field and a particle named for him

18Anti-trafficking agcy.

19*Knack for success

21Makes angry, old-style

23Still on the run

25Something grilled at a tailgating party

27*Source of ongoing income, informally

29Do more work on, as a farrier might

31Slow-moving tree-dweller

32Landscape photographer Adams

34Surprisingly dangerous "river horse"

38Warning before your breaking point?

40Fund-raising drive participants

41*Reckless motorist in "The Wind in the Willows"

45Mothers in a flock

47Ctrl+V action

50Remarks void of meaning … and a phonetic hint to the answers to the starred clues

54What the prefix "omni-" means

55Easily broken

56Ancient Greek region along the Aegean coast

57Rolled randomizer

58Like some martinis and jokes

60"Sure thing!"

61Workers in a colony

Down

35 clues

1Meat sold in a can

2Showgirl at the Copacabana, in song

3Vessel for a pub pint

4*Where new features are released?

5Nintendo Switch predecessor

6"Sooooey!" and "Here, piggy, piggy!"

9Suddenly cease all communication

10Tightly wound, maybe

11Mad Hatter's collection

13Breakaway group

14Word after smart or flip

21*Metal lathes and drill presses

24Printmaking process, for short

25Supportive undergarment

26Kylo ___, "Star Wars" villain

28Extend an invitation for

33Get the better of

35Get 40 winks in 20 minutes, say

36Historic introduction?

37Pre-C.I.A. spy group

39Get a pizza delivered, perhaps

40Historic Normandy date

41Chivalrous address to a noblewoman

42Bad way to get caught

43Julia of "10 Things I Hate About You"

44In an appropriate way

51Cherry discards

53Org. promoting responsible choices for youth

55Medicine-approving grp.

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 30, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJohn Liber

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 35 down

Longest entries

4D*Where new features are released?12 ltrs 21D*Metal lathes and drill presses12 ltrs 19A*Knack for success10 ltrs 27A*Source of ongoing income, informally10 ltrs 41A*Reckless motorist in "The Wind in the Willows"10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.