Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, June 23, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "BENDSTHETRUTH".
Total Clues
78
Longest
BENDSTHETRUTH
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
IRE
Featured Clue
"Doesn't lie, exactly ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters"
13 Letters
BENDSTHETRUTH
ALLComplete Solution List
Swiss currency
5FRANC
Kind of clef used for the viola
4ALTO
Command to Rover
4STAY
Word after lucky or little
5DEVIL
Reserve in advance
4BOOK
Only PG-rated in terms of sexual content, say
4TAME
Menzel with a Tony for "Wicked"
5IDINA
___ fresca (Latin American refreshment)
4AGUA
Neural signal conductor
4AXON
One might involve a false account
10COVERSTORY
Judgmental sounds
4TSKS
Outrage
3IRE
Grp. that adjusts oil production
4OPEC
$100 bills, slangily
6CSPOTS
Alias
8FAKENAME
Casual greeting
5OHHEY
The Rev. Leonard Clement, in an Agatha Christie novel
5VICAR
Hide ___ hair
3NOR
Emotional state
4MOOD
Rash
5HASTY
Target of Glade or Febreze
4ODOR
Tidy updo, say
3BUN
Deices, as a road
5SALTS
Wipe out
5ERASE
Notable features of the Charleston, S.C., skyline
8STEEPLES
Like some roofs
6GABLED
Eye irritation
4STYE
Some small batteries
3AAS
Member of an ancient Peruvian empire
4INCA
Doesn't lie, exactly ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters
13BENDSTHETRUTH
Babe in a stable
4FOAL
Nondairy spread
4OLEO
"Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic
5BAYOU
Big rig
4SEMI
Sit down heavily
4PLOP
Montréal traffic sign
5ARRET
Peak in Greek myth
4OSSA
Huff and puff
4PANT
"Geez-o-Pete!"
5YEESH
Bank-protecting agcy.
4FDIC
Make over
4REDO
Tel __
4AVIV
Number of digits in a Social Security number
4NINE
Transparent quality
7CLARITY
Taper off
5ABATE
Apple's apple, for one
4LOGO
College campus offering
4TOUR
"All right! Enough already!"
8OKAYOKAY
New York's ___ Island
6STATEN
One might involve false accounts
10TAXSCANDAL
In a frenzy
4AMOK
Yearnings
4YENS
Yearbook div.
3SRS
For each
3PER
Detangles, in a way
5COMBS
Big whoop
5SHOUT
Bad calls?
10PHONESCAMS
It took more than 70 yrs. to complete its first edition
3OED
They may be raised in defiance
5FISTS
Follower of the Gospels
4ACTS
Most dangerous animal in Maine, it's said
5MOOSE
Messed up
5ERRED
Word of farewell in old Rome
4VALE
Comet discovered in 1995
8HALEBOPP
Globe
3ORB
Secretly watch, with "on"
3SPY
Region of Oakland and Alameda
7EASTBAY
Plus other things, in Latin
6ETALIA
Rip-roaring good time
3GAS
Take in a stray, say
5ADOPT
In that event
4IFSO
Vetoes
4NOES
Jazzy Fitzgerald
4ELLA
Like the color of a safety vest, typically
4NEON
"Hyde and ___" (1955 Bugs Bunny short)
4HARE
Literary Jane
4EYRE
Things stepped on by bad ballroom dancers
4TOES
The "R" of R.B.G.
4RUTH