Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, June 22, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, June 22, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "HOMEWARDBOUND".
Total Clues
78
Longest
HOMEWARDBOUND
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
MAT
Featured Clue
"Heading back to where one lives"
13 Letters
HOMEWARDBOUND
ALLComplete Solution List
The "S" of N.S.F.W.
4SAFE
Invite to enter
5ASKIN
Artist Salvador
4DALI
___ Your Enthusiasm
4CURB
Totally sus, say
5PHONY
Scholarly "same"
4IDEM
Wave of antigovernment protests in the early 2010s
10ARABSPRING
Old name of Thailand
4SIAM
What's rolled out for yoga
3MAT
Pint in a pub, maybe
3ALE
Performance at Lincoln Center
5OPERA
Heading back to where one lives
13HOMEWARDBOUND
Sitting on
4ATOP
Shows signs of hunger
6DROOLS
Harsh, as a takedown
6BRUTAL
Hollywood workplace
8MOVIESET
Some undergrad degs.
3BAS
Low-tech cooler on a hot day
3FAN
Container at a beer blast
3KEG
"Wha-a-at?"
3HUH
"___ Got Talent"
8AMERICAS
Madame : France :: ___ : Spain
6SENORA
Playground denial
6ARENOT
Golf club often numbered 3 to 9
4IRON
Repository of seeds from all corners of the globe, informally
13DOOMSDAYVAULT
What volcanoes do
5ERUPT
Pie ___ mode
3ALA
What the light from a lighthouse may pierce
3FOG
Singer James
4ETTA
Track-and-field event with a sandpit ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23- and 51-Across
10TRIPLEJUMP
"But ___ again ..."
4THEN
Fingers crossed!
5IHOPE
Area east of the Urals
4ASIA
Group
4SORT
Light brown and dull, as hair
5MOUSY
Actions at the Bellagio or Encore
4BETS
Hoodwink
4SCAM
Vibe
4AURA
Beer pong venue, maybe
9FRATHOUSE
Flow out
3EBB
Garden of Eden fruit
5APPLE
Brilliant at negotiating
6SHREWD
Ornamental fish in a pond
3KOI
Holiday
3INN
MetLife Stadium team, on scoreboards
3NYG
Get rid of
7DISPOSE
"Goodbye, mes amis"
5ADIEU
___ live and . . .
5LEARN
What the "face with steam from nose" emoji suggests
5IMMAD
Piano player in "Casablanca"
3SAM
Compel
6OBLIGE
Pick, with "for"
3OPT
Elbow's place
3ARM
King's partner in castling
4ROOK
Birds of peace
5DOVES
Group whose "Gold: Greatest Hits" is the second-best-selling album in U.K. history
4ABBA
Disneyland transport
4TRAM
Unprecedented
6AFIRST
Fastened, as a corset or shoe
5LACED
Explosive personality trait
9SHORTFUSE
Continental money
4EURO
Greater
4THAN
Grandma, affectionately
4NANA
Spreading unchecked
7RAMPANT
Miso bean
3SOY
Zero, in soccer
3NIL
The Roku Channel, Hulu and others
6TVAPPS
Little specifics, in slang
5DEETS
One dental specialty, informally
5ORTHO
___ Banks (barrier islands of North Carolina)
5OUTER
Narrow backstreet
5ALLEY
Abu Dhabi's land, for short
3UAE
Leave out
4OMIT
Transcript figs.
4GPAS
___ Cook, longtime tech C.E.O.
3TIM
Letter before sigma
3RHO
Debtor's note
3IOU
Boxing punch
3JAB