Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, June 18, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, June 18, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "BROADWAYOPENING".
Total Clues
70
Longest
BROADWAYOPENING
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
LOL
Featured Clue
"<i>Bro?</i>"
15 Letters
BROADWAYOPENING
ALLComplete Solution List
Prepares for offspring
5NESTS
Hack
4CHOP
Supplier to Wile E. Coyote
4ACME
Employee after working hours, on "Severance"
5OUTIE
Sole
4LONE
Horse with a muted coat
4ROAN
<i>Bro?</i>
15BROADWAYOPENING
ur funny!
3LOL
Essence
4GIST
Goosebumps author
5STINE
Adrenaline surge providers
7EPIPENS
Bit of Yahtzee equipment
7DICECUP
Word rhymed with "flash" in "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
4SASH
Obnoxiously blingy
6GARISH
"___ Been to the Mountaintop" (M.L.K. Jr. speech)
3IVE
Feminine sides
6ANIMAS
Gave a hand
5AIDED
<i>Sit?</i>
13VISITORCENTER
Alfred ___, co-creator of the original I.Q. test
5BINET
Rents out again
6RELETS
Mix-___ (ice cream shop supply)
3INS
Like shipping that's not quite overnight
6TWODAY
Downfall of the boy in 2018's "Beautiful Boy," in brief
4METH
Total after costs
7NETGAIN
Next one's on me
7IOWEYOU
[So heavy!]
5GRUNT
Mind-reading scan, in a way
4FMRI
1,000,000,000 years, in astronomy
3EON
<i>Ale?</i>
15FAIRYTALEENDING
Relative of Hindi
4URDU
Follower of "4" on a love note
4EVER
Start of a selection process
5EENIE
They might be seeded
4RYES
Some yellow-green sodas, informally
4DEWS
Bob with the Silver Bullet Band
5SEGER
Argon, krypton and xenon, informally
6NOBLES
Moon of Jupiter that has a liquid ocean under its surface
6EUROPA
Absolut alternatives
6STOLIS
Hermana de la madre
3TIA
"The ___ is wither'd from the lake": Keats
5SEDGE
Bona fide numbskull
11CLASSAMORON
Big name in archery equipment
4HOYT
Fuyumi ___, author of the "Twelve Kingdoms" fantasy novels
3ONO
Colas in the "cola wars"
6PEPSIS
Former governor Schwarzenegger, informally
5ARNIE
Occur at the same time
8COINCIDE
Skillful move
8MANEUVER
Lit. course
3ENG
Improvise
6WINGIT
Chemical agent used to make frosted glass
7ETCHANT
The terrible twos, for one
5PHASE
"Use at your own risk" and "Not professional advice," for two
11DISCLAIMERS
"Of the foot" prefix
3PED
Rose up, in dialect
5RARED
___ Lion, Penn State mascot
7NITTANY
Nonspecific response to "Who's there?"
5ITSME
Like pickles and some potato salads
8VINEGARY
Chill way to take things
8INSTRIDE
Kid-lit character who says "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it"
6EEYORE
Where many things get tossed
3BIN
Follower of quick or dim
6WITTED
Checking out
6EYEING
$2 coin, eh?
6TOONIE
Drive
6HUNGER
Masters
5GURUS
Cellar stock
5WINES
What time did in fun times
4FLEW
Traditional parka material
3FUR
Boston's Mass ___
3AVE
1.0 G.P.A.
3DEE