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NYT Crossword
Sunday, June 28, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, June 28, 2026 features 145 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMB".

Total Clues

145

Longest

STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMB

Avg Length

5.3

Shortest

ETA

Featured Clue

"Hitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak?"

22 Letters

STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMB

ALLComplete Solution List

Counterpart of a rani

Carpet on the forest floor

Score direction for some stringed instruments

Intellectual gathering

Was an employee at IHOP, in Valleyspeak?

16SOLDLIKEHOTCAKES

Director Kurosawa

"The Little Prince" author ___ de Saint-Exupéry

Bit of travel info, for short

Mentally nimble

Fanned some Egyptian royalty, in Valleyspeak?

14SHOOKLIKEALEAF

More likely to clap back

Designer who helped popularize the beatnik look, in brief

What Alaska is, among all the states

One of five Norwegian kings

Did some birding, in Valleyspeak?

16WATCHEDLIKEAHAWK

Architectural feature above a belfry

God who sacrificed an eye for wisdom

Sharp-edged tool

Nowhere to be found

Radio City Music Hall style, informally

Pop singer Rita

Hitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak?

22STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMB

Mathematician John who won a Nobel in economic science in 1994

Listings in a bankruptcy filing

First state to implement a bottle deposit to fight littering

Some pulpy drinks, for short

"Doctor Who" and "Doctor Foster" airer, with "the"

The official fuel of the N.H.L. in Canada

Made some outfielder errors, in Valleyspeak?

16DROPPEDLIKEFLIES

Cousin of a Tony

Time to give up?

"It's Raining ___" (gay anthem)

"Oh, there's more ..."

In the style of

Prepared for some new pet fish, in Valleyspeak?

14BUILTLIKEATANK

Fashion designer Emhoff

Specialized vocabularies

Kyiv's country: Abbr.

Spanish "My God!"

State capital in the Treasure Valley

Performed some witchcraft, in Valleyspeak?

16WORKEDLIKEACHARM

Little redhead in a long-running Broadway show

Nobel Laureate Wiesel

Island where parts of "Jurassic Park" were filmed

Binary question type

High-five, e.g.

This won't last

Santa ___, city that's home to the Charles M. Schulz Museum

One acting on impulse?

Split from suddenly, in a way

"Let this be a lesson!"

Shakespearean conjunction

Deep-seated desires

Wide and uninhibited, as a grin

Start of a song with the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

Hadron component

Iconic nerd of 1990s TV

Needing iron supplements, say

Lines on some grids: Abbr.

Course in a Brazilian meal

Word with job or track

New Mexico county or its seat

Actress Kurylenko of "Quantum of Solace"

They shine during the day

Move, in realtor-speak

Some microbuses, in brief

Relating to some forces on Earth

Peaceful period

Smallest relative of an ostrich

Kind of mushroom that comes in a bundle

What can ___ to help?

What took so long?

Summary of a contract's details

Treats, in a way, as a swelling

Riddle in Zen Buddhism

One might be named for a king or queen

God who rides in a chariot pulled by two goats

Souvenir from the seashore

Competitor who has manners

You had one ___!

Washington D.C.'s International ___ Museum

Jessica of "The Better Sister"

W-2 requirement, in brief

Person from South Asia

Whisky flavorer

Very involved (in)

Catchall phrase from Latin

Stepped up to the plate

Awe-inspiring light show

Sushi consisting of thin slices of fish over rice

"Whew! Finished!"

Joints shown by no-show socks

Gathers together

Biblical tower locale

Clears, as profit

Welcome at the door

Something consumed by the ton by whales

Home of the Road to Hana, whose 64-mile length contains more than 600 curves

Modern-day Persia

Neglect to include

Abbr. in a job posting

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