Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, June 27, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, June 27, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "WHATATREAT".
Total Clues
70
Longest
WHATATREAT
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
RTE
Featured Clue
"Delightful"
10 Letters
WHATATREAT
ALLComplete Solution List
Delightful
10WHATATREAT
Cock-a-hoop
4GLAD
"What if we just ... didn't?"
10HOWABOUTNO
Dancer's restraint
4REIN
Kitchen project with minimal cleanup
10ONEPOTMEAL
City on India's "golden triangle" tourism circuit
4AGRA
Castaway's place, perhaps
10DESERTISLE
Alternative to Word
4DOCS
GPS calculation: Abbr.
3RTE
Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g.
3ODE
Word repeated in a fit of disbelief
3BUT
That way
4THUS
He's credited as the director of photography for the 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour"
10RINGOSTARR
Female lobster
3HEN
On the topic of
4ASTO
Hindu rule of living
5SUTRA
U-Haul competitor
5RYDER
GPS calculation: Abbr.
3ETA
Some choppers
5AXMEN
Give credit for
5OWETO
Wee, informally
4ITSY
... your point being?
3AND
Defense council?
10WARCABINET
___ climbing a tree (Sichuan noodle dish)
4ANTS
Musical group that went on hiatus in 2022 so its members could serve in the military
3BTS
British ___ (colonial rule of India)
3RAJ
Lead-in to -ology, for the study of the atmosphere
3AER
Doesn't sit by
4ACTS
A bit stale, say
10GETTINGOLD
British buddy
4CHAP
Hit the hay, to a toddler
10GOBEDDYBYE
Its tail blows in the wind
4KITE
"It's just me here"
10IMALLALONE
Worry, worry, worry
4STEW
When many rebellions emerge for the first time
10EARLYTEENS
___ have thought ...?
4WHOD
Sharpen
4HONE
Moves a lot
4AWES
Wanes, with "off"
6TAPERS
Command from space command
5ABORT
Walks with a wobble
7TOTTERS
Persian poet who wrote the "Masnavi"
4RUMI
"Qui ___-vous?" (French for "Who are you?")
4ETES
Kind of clock
6ANALOG
City between Madrid and Ciudad Real
6TOLEDO
Person congratulated in a yard sign, maybe
4GRAD
Toy adorned with a tiny rubber cape
10LEGOBATMAN
That blows!
10AIRCURRENT
Things analyzed in some forensic tests
10DNASTRANDS
Many a political piece
5ESSAY
Homages to a prior era
10THROWBACKS
"Look where you're going!"
10HEYWATCHIT
Deliberately downplay
10UNDERSTATE
Suffix with urban
3ITE
_____ out
5NOTIN
Prom night rental
3TUX
Like a fired-up sports crowd
5AROAR
Multipurpose shortening?
3ETC
Put away
3ATE
In a quietly dignified way
7STAIDLY
Plastic item in a lunchbox
6BAGGIE
___ Oluo, author of 2018's "So You Want to Talk About Race"
6IJEOMA
Diamond pattern
6ARGYLE
Finish up by
5ENDAT
Eject
4SPEW
Way up a mountain, perhaps
4TBAR
Do ___
4TELL
Light wind
4OBOE
Super Bowl X M.V.P. ___ Swann
4LYNN
Diamond edges?
4DEES