Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, June 24, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "WALKIETALKIES".
Total Clues
78
Longest
WALKIETALKIES
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ATE
Featured Clue
"Hand-held radios used by the speakers of the italicized clues and their answers?"
13 Letters
WALKIETALKIES
ALLComplete Solution List
Retro kind of hairstyle
5PINUP
Pinkglow pineapples and GloFish, for short
4GMOS
Article of apparel often worn with sandals
4TOGA
Ancient Greek marketplace
5AGORA
Symphony site
4HALL
Singer Tori
4AMOS
<i>"Sleigh's loaded and ready! How are you feeling, Santa?"</i>
10JOLLYROGER
Son of Seth
4ENOS
Ingested
3ATE
Like cotton candy
4SPUN
Tolerate
5ABIDE
Not notice
4MISS
<i>"I'm at the bakery – what kind of doughnut do you want?"</i>
10GLAZEDOVER
Confused
5ATSEA
Fire ... or a firefighter's tool
3AXE
Kind of dairy-free milk developed in the 1990s
3OAT
Stubborn beast
3ASS
Uplifting coverage?
3BRA
Liberal
4ARTS
Hand-held radios used by the speakers of the italicized clues and their answers?
13WALKIETALKIES
Amps (up)
4PEPS
"___ Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" (1965 #1 hit)
3MRS
Governor Walz, who ran with Kamala Harris
3TIM
Teacher's pest?
3IMP
Fish with a Kohaku variety
3KOI
They're cover-ups!
5TARPS
<i>"What's tomorrow's chemistry exam about again?"</i>
10CARBONCOPY
Pastry that often has a fluted edge
4TART
See ya
5ADIOS
Look before you do this
4LEAP
Deg. for an entrepreneur
3MBA
Jonathan Van ___ ("Queer Eye" co-star)
4NESS
<i>"Before you go, what animal crosses the road in that old joke?"</i>
10CHICKENOUT
What postseason games can't end in
4TIES
___ bean
4FAVA
Citrus-based sauce in Japanese cuisine
5PONZU
Big name in e-commerce
4ETSY
Sign of things to come
4OMEN
Wow!
5AMAZE
Kind of pants worn on a rainy day, perhaps
6PAJAMA
Aha!
6IGOTIT
Equally
6NOLESS
Link letters?
3URL
Approves a Venmo request, perhaps
4PAYS
Storied graverobber
5GHOUL
__ cum laude
5MAGNA
World Cup cheer
3OLE
Camera type, for short
3SLR
Workout program that's a portmanteau of two different sports
5TAEBO
Grizzly or black bear (but typically not a panda)
8OMNIVORE
A satisfying meal, informally
8GOODEATS
Claims
7ASSERTS
D&D or WoW
3RPG
Lemon add-on
3ADE
Important creatures in Inuit culture
5SEALS
Popular fast-fashion brand
4ZARA
Glorify
5EXALT
Hit up
3ASK
Paul who's been inducted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
5SIMON
Band whose spelled-out name translates to "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"
3BTS
Put in the cross hairs
5AIMAT
"Whew! Our journey is over!"
8WEMADEIT
Makes aware of
8APPRISES
Children's author Carle
4ERIC
A little foxy?
3KIT
Very spicy
7PICANTE
Goals for boxers, in brief
3KOS
Sportswriter Shelburne
6RAMONA
Marketing team's goal with a new product launch, informally
6PRBUZZ
Pygmalion's Galatea, for one
6STATUE
Like a commanding lead?
5BOSSY
Dark, yellowish green
5OLIVE
Thanksgiving pie nut
5PECAN
One in a Himalayan herd
3YAK
Salt-N-___, "Shoop" group
4PEPA
One who holds a company's purse strings, in brief
3CFO
One who's yukking it up
3HAM
French identification
3NOM