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NYT Crossword — June 9, 2026

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 75 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

36 clues

1"Put a sock ___!"

5Bottomless pit

10Home of the W.N.B.A.'s Fever, informally

14Viral phenomenon

15Curse word cover-up

16Singer Del Rey

17Very impressed

18Echolocation technology

19One who can't handle the truth?

20Sport in an octagon, for short

21Chafes excessively

24"The door's open!"

26Elasticized part of sweatpants

28Nearly unique

33Assists, in basketball slang

34Headed for the hills

35Romaine course

36Influential individual

37Collection of photographs or songs

39Broadway award

40Lump in one's throat

44Org. with Orioles, Blue Jays and Cardinals

46City with Carnival samba parades, informally

47Compromise that, ideally, leaves both parties satisfied

52Take to the skies

54English soccer star ___ James

55Sonic boom generator?

58Prediction of a negative outcome that is true of 21-, 28- and 47-Across

61"We feel the same way"

62Airport raced through in "Home Alone," in brief

63Info collected by a spy

64Sound of a cartoon hit

66Cruising the Caribbean, say

Down

39 clues

1Spiritual leader at a mosque

2State that's home to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

3"Sheesh, gimme a break!"

5Really ridiculous

6Carnivorous cinematic alien

8Cook in a very hot cast-iron pan, say

9Be a bed hog, maybe

10Under the weather

11Where employees work on tips and receive tips

12Half of a biological helix

13Spot for a swing set

21Dee who directed 2017's "Mudbound"

25Decade after the aughts

28Make some alterations

29Not online, for short

32Ice cream brand with an apostrophe in its name

37Football standout

38Word with name or voyage

43"Little old me?"

47Western half of Hispaniola

48Activity that may prompt burning questions?

49Parisian subway

50Squad captained by Lindsey Horan to win Olympic gold in '24, for short

51Gets together with

52Bit of concert memorabilia, once

53Very, very much

56Utter delight

57Penne ___ vodka

59Stir-frying vessel

60Part of una semana

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jun 9, 2026

15×15

Grid size

75

Total entries

39/186

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 9, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorRebecca Goldstein

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split36 across · 39 down

Longest entries

28ANearly unique15 ltrs 58APrediction of a negative outcome that is true of 21-, 28- and 47-Across15 ltrs 47ACompromise that, ideally, leaves both parties satisfied11 ltrs 2DState that's home to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum9 ltrs 3D"Sheesh, gimme a break!"9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 39 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.