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NYT Crossword June 18 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, June 18 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Prepares for offspring5 lettersSee answer ›6Hack4 lettersSee answer ›10Supplier to Wile E. Coyote4 lettersSee answer ›14Employee after working hours, on "Severance"5 lettersSee answer ›15Sole4 lettersSee answer ›16Horse with a muted coat4 lettersSee answer ›17Bro?15 lettersSee answer ›20"ur funny"3 lettersSee answer ›21Essence4 lettersSee answer ›22"Goosebumps" author5 lettersSee answer ›23Adrenaline surge providers7 lettersSee answer ›25Bit of Yahtzee equipment7 lettersSee answer ›27Word rhymed with "flash" in "A Visit From St. Nicholas"4 lettersSee answer ›28Obnoxiously blingy6 lettersSee answer ›30"___ Been to the Mountaintop" (M.L.K. Jr. speech)3 lettersSee answer ›31Feminine sides6 lettersSee answer ›33Gave a hand5 lettersSee answer ›35Sit?13 lettersSee answer ›38Alfred ___, co-creator of the original I.Q. test5 lettersSee answer ›39Rents out again6 lettersSee answer ›40Mix-___ (ice cream shop supply)3 lettersSee answer ›41Like shipping that's not quite overnight6 lettersSee answer ›43Downfall of the boy in 2018's "Beautiful Boy," in brief4 lettersSee answer ›47Total after costs7 lettersSee answer ›49"Next one's on me"7 lettersSee answer ›51[So heavy!]5 lettersSee answer ›52Mind-reading scan, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›531,000,000,000 years, in astronomy3 lettersSee answer ›54Ale?15 lettersSee answer ›57Relative of Hindi4 lettersSee answer ›58Follower of "4" on a love note4 lettersSee answer ›59Start of a selection process5 lettersSee answer ›60They might be seeded4 lettersSee answer ›61Some yellow-green sodas, informally4 lettersSee answer ›62Bob with the Silver Bullet Band5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Argon, krypton and xenon, informally6 lettersSee answer ›2Moon of Jupiter that has a liquid ocean under its surface6 lettersSee answer ›3Absolut alternatives6 lettersSee answer ›4Hermana de la madre3 lettersSee answer ›5"The ___ is wither'd from the lake": Keats5 lettersSee answer ›6Bona fide numbskull11 lettersSee answer ›7Big name in archery equipment4 lettersSee answer ›8Fuyumi ___, author of the "Twelve Kingdoms" fantasy novels3 lettersSee answer ›9Colas in the "cola wars"6 lettersSee answer ›10Former governor Schwarzenegger, informally5 lettersSee answer ›11Occur at the same time8 lettersSee answer ›12Skillful move8 lettersSee answer ›13Lit. course3 lettersSee answer ›18Improvise6 lettersSee answer ›19Chemical agent used to make frosted glass7 lettersSee answer ›24The terrible twos, for one5 lettersSee answer ›25"Use at your own risk" and "Not professional advice," for two11 lettersSee answer ›26"Of the foot" prefix3 lettersSee answer ›29Rose (up), in dialect5 lettersSee answer ›32___ Lion, Penn State mascot7 lettersSee answer ›34Nonspecific response to "Who's there?"5 lettersSee answer ›35Like pickles and some potato salads8 lettersSee answer ›36Chill way to take things8 lettersSee answer ›37Kid-lit character who says "It’s not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it"6 lettersSee answer ›38Where many things get tossed3 lettersSee answer ›42Follower of quick or dim6 lettersSee answer ›44Checking out6 lettersSee answer ›45$2 coin, eh?6 lettersSee answer ›46Drive6 lettersSee answer ›48Masters5 lettersSee answer ›50Cellar stock5 lettersSee answer ›52What time did in fun times4 lettersSee answer ›54Traditional parka material3 lettersSee answer ›55Boston's Mass ___3 lettersSee answer ›561.0 G.P.A.3 lettersSee answer ›