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NYT Crossword
Sunday, June 21, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, June 21, 2026 features 144 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "THATSATALLORDER".

Total Clues

144

Longest

THATSATALLORDER

Avg Length

5.3

Shortest

SSN

Featured Clue

""Boy, you're asking too much" ... or what you might say after following the instructions at 76-Across?"

15 Letters

THATSATALLORDER

ALLComplete Solution List

Letters accompanying applications, for short

Includes without others knowing, in a way

I haven't a clue!

Plant with an edible inner gel

All over the place

Drove in an A.T.V., say, informally

Fighting technique used by [circled letters] (as explained at 76-Across)

Verify, as an editor might

Launch points in disc golf

"Everything good?," as a cook might ask

ID used for far more than its name suggests

They're just one problem after another

Spanish direction

Whatchamacallit?

"One ___ Soldier" (1969 antiwar song)

Belgrade resident

Word on either side of "to"

Physician specializing in reproductive health, informally

Like some flights: Abbr.

Long, hooded cloak that's also an author's name

Areas of influence

Part of many a mailing address, in brief

White dwarf phenomenon

Traps during a storm, perhaps

Vermont summer hrs.

Certain natural hairstyle

"Boy, you're asking too much" ... or what you might say after following the instructions at 76-Across?

15THATSATALLORDER

Popular browser for accessing the dark web

"Is it OK for us to leave?"

It's one for the history books

<i>Annual June 21 celebration of the animal depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters from A to T and back to A</i>

15WORLDGIRAFFEDAY

Japanese audio brand

Secondary account, in social media slang

Be part of, as a film

Surprised to see you here!

Hindu god with an elephant head

Satchel with a gendered name

Defeats without difficulty

M.L.B. team whose stadium is less than 10 miles from another M.L.B. team's

Go on! Beat it!

"Qué ___ contigo?" ("What's wrong with you?")

Common holder of pens

Mathematical constant equal to two times pi

Honoré de Balzac's "___ Goriot"

Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes

Takes little effort

Habitat for [circled letters]

Starchy plant part in Asian cooking

Something running at a bar

Digital know-it-all

Debuted to stockholders, in Wall St. lingo

Art museum that awards the annual Turner Prize

Reindeer cousins

Big name in the pasta aisle

One often pictured wearing pointy shoes

Task for an office gofer, maybe

Spoke sheepishly?

Compound found in marijuana, for short

What sets the tone

Natural predispositions

National park in Utah

Here ... try a sample

Driver's alternative to automatic

Semiaquatic carnivore

Med. diagnostic

Closest living relative of the [circled letters]

The Jetsons son

Attended, as a lecture

Temporarily gave

This goes in one ear

{1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6}

Offering in lieu of a cash refund, perhaps

Term for groups of [circled letters]

Sometimes-intentional jeans feature

"I want you to be honest ..."

R&B group Bell Biv ___

Follower of "x" or "y"

Pennsylvania school, for short

Chicago's __ Planetarium

Threads around a forum?

Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief

Price for a return, perhaps

Political exile

Tree whose leaves are eaten by [circled letters]

Audibly shocked

Big garage, essentially

They're sent after save-the-date cards

French for "yellow"

Small superhero whose catchphrase starts "Up and at 'em"

Becomes wild, as a party

Fur pattern on a [circled letters]

Self-reflective question

Start to take off, as a onesie

Practically speechless?

Late singer Bryson

YouTube button with two lines

Bit of superhero wear

"Star Wars" character whose species is never named

You reap what you ___

Holiday whose name means "festival"

Mork's home planet

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