Doesn't lie, exactly … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters Crossword Clue

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EXACTLY (adverb)
1. indicating exactness or preciseness
2. in a precise manner
LETTERS (noun)
1. scholarly attainment
2. the literary culture

More NYT Crossword (6/23/2026) Answers

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14. Word after lucky or little

15. Reserve in advance

16. Only PG-rated in terms of sexual content, say

17. Menzel with a Tony for "Wicked"

18. ___ fresca (Latin American refreshment)

19. Neural signal conductor

20. One might involve a false account

22. Judgmental sounds

23. Outrage

24. Grp. that adjusts oil production

26. $100 bills, slangily

30. Alias

34. Casual greeting

35. The Rev. Leonard Clement, in an Agatha Christie novel

36. Hide __ hair

37. Emotional state

38. Rash

39. Target of Glade or Febreze

40. Tidy updo, say

41. Deices, as a road

42. Wipe out

43. Notable features of the Charleston, S.C., skyline

45. Like some roofs

46. Eye irritation

47. Some small batteries

48. Member of an ancient Peruvian empire

57. Babe in a stable

58. Nondairy spread

59. "Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic

60. Big rig

61. Sit down heavily

62. Montréal traffic sign

63. Peak in Greek myth

64. Huff and puff

65. "Geez-o-Pete!"

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Down

1. Bank-protecting agcy.

2. Make over

3. Tel __

4. Number of digits in a Social Security number

5. Transparent quality

6. Taper off

7. Apple's apple, for one

8. College campus offering

9. "All right! Enough already!"

10. New York's ___ Island

11. One might involve false accounts

12. In a frenzy

13. Yearnings

21. Yearbook div.

25. For each

26. Detangles, in a way

27. Big whoop

28. Bad calls?

29. It took more than 70 yrs. to complete its first edition

30. They may be raised in defiance

31. Follower of the Gospels?

32. Most dangerous animal in Maine, it's said

33. Messed (up)

35. Word of farewell in old Rome

38. Comet discovered in 1995

39. Globe

41. Secretly watch, with "on"

42. Region of Oakland and Alameda

44. Plus other things, in Latin

45. Rip-roaring good time

47. Take in a stray, say

48. In that event

49. Vetoes

51. Jazzy Fitzgerald

52. Like the color of a safety vest, typically

53. "Hyde and ___" (1955 Bugs Bunny short)

54. Literary Jane

55. Things stepped on by bad ballroom dancers

56. The "R" of R.B.G.

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