Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, June 2, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "SICSTHEDOGON".
Total Clues
76
Longest
SICSTHEDOGON
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
VIP
Featured Clue
"Gets a pooch to attack"
12 Letters
SICSTHEDOGON
ALLComplete Solution List
Capital located on a fjord
4OSLO
Battling militarily
5ATWAR
State with the highest Mormon population
4UTAH
Snow clearer
4PLOW
Selected
5CHOSE
Minimum
4BARE
You missed your chance
10TOOLATENOW
Silver weapon brandished by one hoping for gold
4EPEE
Huge
7IMMENSE
"It's legit!"
7FORREAL
___ Rica
5COSTA
One with special access, in brief
3VIP
Gets a pooch to attack
12SICSTHEDOGON
One who might call you out if you get home late?
3UMP
Hindi term meaning "master"... or "mister"
5SAHIB
My apologies
5SORRY
Part of a house or a mouth
4ROOF
Obstetrician's specialty
5LABOR
Part of a shoe or many a bra
4LACE
Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
5SALEM
Dance for flexible people
5LIMBO
It might say "Home Sweet Home"
3MAT
Picked at one's food, in an avian metaphor
12ATELIKEABIRD
Baton Rouge sch.
3LSU
Wash with a glycol spray, as an airplane wing
5DEICE
With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across
7WHODOWE
Marsupial whose name sometimes omits its first letter
7OPOSSUM
Tony ___, former Cowboys QB
4ROMO
See 56-Across
10APPRECIATE
All over again
4ANEW
No bid from me
5IPASS
Bad forecast for a parade
4RAIN
Ivy in Philadelphia, familiarly
4PENN
Letter-shaped groove for a fastener
5TSLOT
Barely made, with "out"
4EKED
Kind of nerve that connects to the eye
5OPTIC
Manner in which sports replays are shown, familiarly
5SLOMO
Hangs (over)
5LOOMS
Babies that are supposed to be up all night?
6OWLETS
Five things in each of Shakespeare's plays
4ACTS
My country, 'tis of __
4THEE
Was victorious
3WON
Since
4ASOF
Fixed, as a tapestry or a tatami
6REWOVE
Original name of a popular shared-ride service
8UBERPOOL
Word after video or Scotch
4TAPE
About 8,100 square feet, for a baseball infield
4AREA
What helps you get a leg up?
4HEEL
Eroticist Nin
5ANAIS
Purges, with "of"
4RIDS
Baseball Hall of Famer Ripken
3CAL
Rock that's fracked to release oil
5SHALE
Bone in the lower leg
5TIBIA
Fusion weapon, familiarly
5HBOMB
Weight unit at British markets
4GRAM
Sea sight in black and white
4ORCA
The decline of Russia?
4NYET
Lead-in to Major or Minor in the night sky
4URSA
What a drawbridge might cross
4MOAT
Word with vault or position
4POLE
Collapsed
8FELLDOWN
One of four generated by a grand slam, for short
3RBI
Kind of soup often served with sushi
4MISO
Surgeon, informally
5ORDOC
Emirate that was the site of Operation Desert Storm
6KUWAIT
Longing
6DESIRE
Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"
5ISAAK
One who's adorbs
5CUTIE
Revise, as text
5EMEND
Prepare for gifting
4WRAP
Sharpen
4HONE
Finding a penny with the tails side up is said to be a bad one
4OMEN
Actor/rapper Omar
4EPPS
"In that neighborhood"
4orso
Gnat or nit
4PEST
Bud
3PAL