Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, June 11, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, June 11, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "HUNDREDLEGS".
Total Clues
74
Longest
HUNDREDLEGS
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
HAR
Featured Clue
"Sailor's bearings, to an ancient Roman?"
11 Letters
HUNDREDLEGS
ALLComplete Solution List
Word before baked or naked
4HALF
Pinnacles
5ACMES
Thousand ___, city that's part of Greater Los Angeles
4OAKS
___ Sea, body of water that lost 90% of its volume to irrigation
4ARAL
Not secured
5LOOSE
Arm part
4ULNA
It might have many sides
4MENU
"Yes, sir!," to an ancient Roman?
10TWOCAPTAIN
Like photons, but not protons
8MASSLESS
Passes (out)
6FAINTS
Sarcastic laugh syllable
3HAR
Yea or nay
4VOTE
Sailor's bearings, to an ancient Roman?
11HUNDREDLEGS
Flu-fighting org.
3CDC
Met someone?
9OPERAGOER
Begone!
4SHOO
Milky Way explosion
4NOVA
Live
5ONAIR
Many a commencement speaker, in brief
4ALUM
Had the answer
4KNEW
Your mind's eye?
9OPTICLOBE
"To be," in Iberia
3SER
Certain Microsoft Office files, to an ancient Roman?
11FORTYSHEETS
Destination for 2025's ESCAPADE satellites
4MARS
Cobra ___ (Netflix series)
3KAI
Chicken
6AFRAID
Something you might keep tabs on?
8ACIDTRIP
Prestigious group of schools, to an ancient Roman?
10FOURLEAGUE
Lack of friction
4EASE
A wine (with an accent), or a flower (without one)
4ROSE
Farm measures
5ACRES
Genetic communicator, for short
4MRNA
Lyrical works
4ODES
Bare amount
5LEAST
Gym units
4SETS
Jon of "Top Gun: Maverick"
4HAMM
Integral calculation
4AREA
Setups for some routers, in brief
4LANS
Poker holding of four cards of the same suit
9FLUSHDRAW
Clark Kent has one
8ALTEREGO
Barnyard producers of 7-Down
4COWS
Sounds produced by 6-Down
4MOOS
Key next to a Touch Bar on some Mac laptops
3ESC
Ocean mist
6SEAFOG
Convex physical feature
5OUTIE
EGOT-winning composer Menken
4ALAN
Furrow, as one's brow
4KNIT
Without
4SANS
Gillette Stadium team in the N.F.L., to fans
4PATS
TV journalist Spencer
4LARA
Truth __?
6VERITY
Traffic jam cacophony
5HONKS
Barely winning, say
5UPONE
Word on either side of "say"
5NEVER
People one might meet at a drive
6DONORS
Bounded
5LEAPT
Olympic snowboarder Kim
5CHLOE
Reservations
5DOUBT
Shows up
5COMES
Bargain hunter's targets
9SALEITEMS
Most perilous
8RISKIEST
Country that forms a tripoint border with Niger and Nigeria
4CHAD
Fall short
4FAIL
Test of will
6ORDEAL
Stable females
5MARES
Hairstyle sported by painter Bob Ross
4AFRO
"There is no love sincerer than the love of ___": George Bernard Shaw
4FOOD
Villainous ploy
4RUSE
Eastern city with a famous mausoleum
4AGRA
Prompts
4CUES
Like blue lobsters
4RARE
That ___ funny!
4ISNT
"Mushy" side dish with fish and chips
4PEAS
Esteemed fighter pilot
3ACE