Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, June 9, 2026 features 75 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "EXCEEDINGLYRARE".
Total Clues
75
Longest
EXCEEDINGLYRARE
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
MMA
Featured Clue
"Nearly unique"
15 Letters
EXCEEDINGLYRARE
ALLComplete Solution List
Put a sock ___!
4INIT
Bottomless pit
5ABYSS
Home of the W.N.B.A.'s Fever, informally
4INDY
Viral phenomenon
4MEME
Curse word cover-up
5BLEEP
Singer Del Rey
4LANA
Very impressed
4AWED
Echolocation technology
5SONAR
One who can't handle the truth?
4LIAR
Sport in an octagon, for short
3MMA
Chafes excessively
7RUBSRAW
__ acid
3LSD
The door's open!
5ENTER
Elasticized part of sweatpants
5WAIST
Nearly unique
15EXCEEDINGLYRARE
Assists, in basketball slang
5DIMES
Headed for the hills
3RAN
Romaine course
5SALAD
Influential individual
4ICON
Collection of photographs or songs
5ALBUM
Broadway award
4TONY
Lump in one's throat
6TONSIL
Modifies
6AMENDS
Org. with Orioles, Blue Jays and Cardinals
3MLB
City with Carnival samba parades, informally
3RIO
Compromise that, ideally, leaves both parties satisfied
11HAPPYMEDIUM
Take to the skies
4SOAR
English soccer star ___ James
5REECE
Sonic Boom generator?
4SEGA
Prediction of a negative outcome that is true of 21-, 28- and 47-Across
15THISWONTENDWELL
We feel the same way
5USTOO
Airport raced through in "Home Alone," in brief
3ORD
Info collected by a spy
5INTEL
Sound of a cartoon hit
5BOINK
Deep sorrow
3WOE
Cruising the Caribbean, say
5ATSEA
Spiritual leader at a mosque
4IMAM
State that's home to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
9NEWMEXICO
"Sheesh, gimme a break!"
9IMEANCMON
Talk
3TED
Really ridiculous
6ABSURD
Carnivorous cinematic alien
4BLOB
Deep desires
4YENS
Cook in a very hot cast-iron pan, say
4SEAR
Be a bed hog, maybe
6SPRAWL
Under the weather
3ILL
Where employees work on tips and receive tips
9NAILSALON
Half of a biological helix
9DNASTRAND
Spot for a swing set
4YARD
Dee who directed 2017's "Mudbound"
4REES
Methods
4WAYS
Decade after the aughts
5TEENS
Steaming mad
5IRATE
Make some alterations
4EDIT
Not online, for short
3IRL
Snatch up
3NAB
Wildebeest
3GNU
Ice cream brand with an apostrophe in its name
4EDYS
Football standout
6ALLPRO
Word with name or voyage
6MAIDEN
Little pest
3IMP
Little old me?
3MOI
Toodle-oo!
6BYENOW
Fall back
6RECEDE
Western half of Hispaniola
5HAITI
Activity that may prompt burning questions?
5ARSON
Parisian subway
5METRO
Squad captained by Lindsey Horan to win Olympic gold in '24, for short
5USWNT
Gets together with
5MEETS
Bit of concert memorabilia, once
4STUB
Very, very much
4OHSO
Utter delight
4GLEE
Penne ___ vodka
4ALLA
Stir-frying vessel
3WOK
Part of una semana
3DIA