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NYT Crossword — June 6, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 60 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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31 clues

1Spreads out in the morning?

9Tool in the opening scene of Disney's "Frozen"

15Moving day rental

16Portmanteau nickname for politician Harris

17Cleanse negative energy, in Indigenous tradition

19"What gives the artist real ___ is his imitators": Igor Stravinsky

20Showing signs of spring, say

22Former CBS procedural that co-starred LL Cool J, informally

23Like bows, at times

24Aquarium device

28Dealt with something

33Rapper who performed in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show, familiarly

35Rainer who was the first person ever to win two consecutive acting Academy Awards

38Took Marie Antoinette's advice?

40Pen holder, paper tray, memo pad, etc.

47Certain radio components

48Contribute to the pot

49"Yes" or "No"

50Binged, with "out"

51Multinational communications giant founded in 1964

52Words after "Honey!"

53Budding actresses

54Lepidopterist, often

55Giant, as a mattress

Down

29 clues

2Mexican fried pastry often covered in cinnamon sugar

3Groups of female elephant seals

5___ Howard, first Black player on the Yankees

7What those close to failure are said to be on

9"Don't worry, no injury!"

10Farm structure in which ears are stored

11Mexican revolutionary Zapata

120% in New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware

24Religious right?

26Prohibition ___

28School memento

29Doc's license plate in "Back to the Future"

30Staple of slapstick comedy

31Ce n'est pas du fast food

39___ egg (chocolate treat with a toy)

41Ski race that debuted at the Olympics in 1988

43Mr. Miyagi, to the Karate Kid

45Pest with a repetitive name

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jun 6, 2026

15×15

Grid size

60

Total entries

26/199

Black / letter cells

6.6

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 6, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorDaniel Bodily

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split31 across · 29 down

Longest entries

7DWhat those close to failure are said to be on10 ltrs 24DReligious right?10 ltrs 1ASpreads out in the morning?8 ltrs 15AMoving day rental8 ltrs 17ACleanse negative energy, in Indigenous tradition8 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 26 black squares and averages 6.6 letters per entry.