Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, June 15, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, June 15, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "PENCILSHARPENER".
Total Clues
76
Longest
PENCILSHARPENER
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
SEC
Featured Clue
"Device that helps you make a point in class?"
15 Letters
PENCILSHARPENER
ALLComplete Solution List
Tops of cups
4LIDS
Canine command
5SHAKE
That was a close one!
4PHEW
Cash crop of northern Brazil
4ACAI
Speaker stands
5PODIA
Was a passenger
4RODE
Device that helps you make a point in class?
15PENCILSHARPENER
Brief moment
3SEC
Require
4NEED
Make up for past transgressions
5ATONE
Mitigate
4EASE
Indy 500 competitors
6RACERS
Toy likely to be found at a pop-up store?
12JACKINTHEBOX
Surrounding glows
5AURAS
Where the heart is
4HOME
"No more details, plz"
3TMI
GPS suggestion: Abbr.
3RTE
Sites with remains of mammoths
7TARPITS
Kerfuffle
3ADO
Come up short money-wise
3OWE
Red vegetable
4BEET
Former boxer Ali who voiced herself in a "Scooby Doo" series
5LAILA
Revolutionary kitchen gadget?
12SALADSPINNER
Did some engraving
6ETCHED
Semihard cheese of North Holland
4EDAM
Hello, in Honolulu
5ALOHA
Boarding pass info
4GATE
It literally takes ages
3EON
Response to a series of complaints ... that also jokingly applies to 17-, 27- and 47-Across
15SOMEBODYSCRANKY
Erupt
4SPEW
"You get what you give" principle
5KARMA
End of a fishing line
4LURE
Loch ___ monster
4NESS
Boxing or bowling
5SPORT
Hurdle for prospective attys.
4LSAT
Trips around the track
4LAPS
Drink that might cause brain freeze
4ICEE
Certain group of hip-hop performers
9DANCECREW
[Not my mistake]
3SIC
White blood cell producer said to be shaped like a coffee bean
6SPLEEN
Fire truck attachment
4HOSE
Condition that may be treated with meds like Concerta
4ADHD
Soul from Seoul
3KIA
Floppy part of a beagle
3EAR
False reason given for doing something
7PRETEXT
On the ___ system
5HONOR
Natural paradises
5EDENS
"___ not worthy!" ("Wayne's World" quote)
4WERE
Not take no for an answer
6INSIST
Fashion designer Rabanne
4PACO
Letters before an alias
3AKA
Transfers, as funds
6REMITS
Help in crime
4ABET
Site that might contain saved cookies?
3JAR
Honda or Hyundai
4AUTO
Series of messages on social media
6THREAD
Wished (for)
5HOPED
Navigational aids for website users
9MAINMENUS
Not working
4IDLE
Up to the task
4ABLE
Petite burger
6SLIDER
Rowing implement
3OAR
Forgoes
7ESCHEWS
Actress ___ de Armas
3ANA
White whale chaser of literature
4AHAB
Companion that might fall asleep on your keyboard
6PETCAT
Run off to get hitched
5ELOPE
Heavy books
5TOMES
The "A" of P.T.A.: Abbr.
4ASSN
Taverna wrap
4GYRO
Soft, warm, tingly feeling, in brief
4ASMR
Gumbo ingredient
4OKRA
Russian refusal
4NYET
Green lights
3OKS
High-five alternative
3DAP
Entirety
3ALL