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NYT Crossword — June 8, 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

37 clues

5Free trial version

9Caspian or Mediterranean

12Designer ___ Boss

13Typographical embellishment

16Something green in a greenhouse

17Half ___ (when the minute hand points down)

18Popular board game adapted from India [1]

20They quickly spread online

21"Soldier, stop!"

22Page (through)

23Challenge for student drivers [2]

30Metals in mines

31Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family"

32Apt zodiac sign for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion

34Scoundrel's deeds

38Card game whose name is something players cry

40Anthropologist Margaret

41Never stop having fun [3]

46"___ the night before Christmas …"

47Word repeated in "___ ye, ___ ye!"

48Cube maker Erno

50Of the highest importance … or, when parsed differently, what each bracketed number in the clues indicates?

55World's largest country with a four-letter name

57Home of Columbus

58A single time

59Up in the air

61"What a shame!"

62Test the weight of

63Backyard storage space

Down

39 clues

1Steamer or cruiser

2Oom-pah instrument

3Follower of New or teen

5Key to the right of "+" and "=" on a Mac keyboard

6What Taylor Swift calls the stages of her career

75x5-square crossword

8Frequently, in poetry

9Email winnower

10Effortlessness

11Tiny hill builders

13Characterize?

19Nickname akin to Harry

23Short-term kind of store

24Sports locale

25Give a debriefing (to)

26Prime use for a crowbar

27Opposite of post-

28Starting to learn

34Watercraft for an Inuit

36Accessibility law inits.

40Leaves stranded

42Strong string

43What misers take to an extreme

44Bread maker's supply

45___ Beesly, character who has the last line in the finale of "The Office"

48Civil uprising

49Caterer's containers

51Starting, timewise

52"This looks like trouble!"

53Number in a nonet

54Follower of pointy or pigeon

56Expression of contempt

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Stats & info

Monday, Jun 8, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

42/183

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 8, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorTom McCoy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

23AChallenge for student drivers [2]15 ltrs 41ANever stop having fun [3]15 ltrs 9DEmail winnower10 ltrs 25DGive a debriefing (to)10 ltrs 18APopular board game adapted from India [1]9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.