Our NYT Crossword Hints for June 16, 2024 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, June 16, 2024
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 6/16/24. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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1A. Many pages in a travel guide
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5A. Location identifier for a digital photo
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11A. Biblical verb
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15A. A garment, maybe?
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18A. Ingredient in some face masks
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19A. Extra point as the result of a foul, in basketball lingo
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20A. “Think about it”
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21A. Narrow part of a cloche
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22A. APP, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL, THRIFT?
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24A. Scorch
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25A. Sitar great Shankar
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26A. Variable directive
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27A. Snack sometimes served with birria
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29A. Pair that's unlikely to win
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31A. Mirren who has portrayed three different British queens on screen
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32A. HOLIDAY, MONSOON, TAX, TOURIST?
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35A. It can be a real pane!
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37A. Horror director Ari
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38A. Item repeatedly stepped on by Sideshow Bob on "The Simpsons"
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39A. ___ orientation, consideration in American Sign Language
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40A. A-, DREAM, SWAT, TAG?
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44A. Stevie Wonder's ___ She Lovely
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48A. Fish that shares its name with a body part
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49A. What some tiny patches cover up
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50A. Nickname for Empress Elisabeth of Austria
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52A. Word before "boy" or after "boo"
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53A. Knock on
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55A. __ cave
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59A. Performance often accompanied by supertitles
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61A. B-, DATE, LIFETIME, SILENT?
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65A. Adjuster's assignments
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66A. Held sway
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67A. Mends
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68A. "Turn up the volume!"
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69A. Tuckered out
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70A. BOOSTER, BOTTLE, HOUSTON, MODEL?
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72A. Hit musical about a politician
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73A. Saunters
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74A. Its national anthem is "Jana Gana Mana"
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75A. Start of some movement names
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76A. Neighbor of 74-Across, on a Risk board
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78A. Cheese with a white mold rind
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79A. Onetime Britney Spears partner, in the tabloids
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83A. Jonathan Van ___ of "Queer Eye"
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85A. CERTIFIED, FUNKY, MINTY, POPPIN'?
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90A. Word that sounds like its first and last letters
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91A. Hertz, e.g.
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93A. "__ directed"
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94A. Gives off
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95A. BRAND, LIKE, NOTHING, WHAT'S?
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99A. Wreck
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101A. ___ & Mariam (musical duo)
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102A. Slightly
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103A. Lives as lovers
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106A. Streaming device whose name means "six" in Japanese
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107A. Fighter of Ravana, in Hindu lore
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109A. BRIDAL, COLD, GATORADE, METEOR?
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112A. One of Canada's First Nations
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113A. Like whole numbers after they're multiplied by two
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114A. Masked official
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115A. Sci-fi sightings
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116A. Cries of exasperation
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117A. Some P.T.A. members
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118A. Was active online
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119A. Confined with up
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1D. Ceremony with a censer
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2D. Tina Turner or Stevie Nicks, e.g.
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3D. Where you might say "That's my cue!"
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4D. "That's what I get"
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5D. Faux pas
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6D. Notable bankruptee of 2001
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7D. What the nose knows
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8D. Whole bunch
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9D. Formicary resident
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10D. Come to term with?
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11D. Strife
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12D. Ancient performance space
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13D. It's in the bag
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14D. "Yeah, absolutely not"
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15D. Alternative to a boot, maybe
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16D. Many a state boundary
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17D. Off
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21D. Sultanate just north of the Equator
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23D. Snaky swimmers
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28D. Cruising, say
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30D. Possible response to a squeak
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32D. Identical
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33D. Class often offered at the library, for short
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34D. Root used in perfumery
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35D. Rte. giver
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36D. Cuisine with larb and green papaya salad
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40D. Appointed
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41D. Clickable greeting
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42D. Kitty contribution
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43D. Those, in Spanish
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45D. Arab honorific
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46D. One with mainstream tastes, disparagingly
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47D. Things a wedding D.J. might introduce
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51D. Honolulu palace name
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54D. Trojan War hero
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55D. Share
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56D. In need of patching, say
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57D. Where van Gogh's "The Yellow House" is set
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58D. Bit of lab work
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60D. It's laid on thick for a performance
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61D. Classic British sitcom character inspired by Jacques Tati
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62D. Body of work
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63D. Prospective college students make them
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64D. Conductance units
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65D. Unrefined oils
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68D. Zip your lip
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70D. City that entirely surrounds another country
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71D. N.Y. commuter line
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73D. Leader in the Cuban War of Independence
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77D. "That's not surprising"
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78D. Prominent feature of dub music
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80D. Guaranteed to work
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81D. Delivery abbr.
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82D. Some, in France
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84D. Quiet!
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86D. They might be brought back from the beach
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87D. Lin Ching-___, icon of Chinese-language cinema
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88D. Lampoons
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89D. Price point?
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92D. Start of some movement names
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94D. Carve
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95D. Certain criminal, or the agent pursuing them
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96D. Atlanta university
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97D. Greets the day
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98D. Having a handle
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99D. Word repeated when consoling
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100D. Propelled a shell
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103D. Loretta of “M*A*S*H”
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104D. Thick noodle
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105D. Something an attention-seeker might say
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108D. Principal on "Abbott Elementary"
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110D. Insurance option, for short
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111D. Department that helps a company run, informally
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
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