NYT Crossword June 2 2026 Answers (6/2/26)

Our NYT Crossword June 2, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle 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 New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword June 2, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 6/2/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Capital located on a fjord
5A	Battling militarily
10A	State with the highest Mormon population
14A	Snow clearer
15A	Selected
16A	___ minimum
17A	"You missed your chance!"
19A	Silver weapon brandished by one hoping for gold
20A	Huge
21A	"It's legit!"
23A	___ Rica
24A	One with special access, in brief
25A	Gets a pooch to attack
33A	One who might call you out if you get home late?
36A	Hindi term meaning "master"... or "mister"
37A	"My apologies!"
38A	Part of a house or a mouth
40A	Obstetrician's specialty
42A	Part of a shoe or many a bra
43A	Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
45A	Dance for flexible people
47A	It might say "Home Sweet Home"
48A	Picked at one's food, in an avian metaphor
51A	Baton Rouge sch.
52A	Wash with a glycol spray, as an airplane wing
56A	With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across
60A	Marsupial whose name sometimes omits its first letter
62A	Tony ___, former Cowboys QB
63A	See 56-Across
65A	All over again
66A	"No bid from me"
67A	Bad forecast for a parade
68A	Ivy in Philadelphia, familiarly
69A	Letter-shaped groove for a fastener
70A	Barely made, with "out"
1D	Kind of nerve that connects to the eye
2D	Manner in which sports replays are shown, familiarly
3D	Hangs (over)
4D	Babies that are supposed to be up all night?
5D	Five things in each of Shakespeare's plays
6D	"My country, ’tis of ___ …"
7D	Was victorious
8D	Since
9D	Fixed, as a tapestry or a tatami
10D	Original name of a popular shared-ride service
11D	Word after video or Scotch
12D	About 8,100 square feet, for a baseball infield
13D	What helps you get a leg up?
18D	Eroticist Nin
22D	Purges, with "of"
26D	Baseball Hall-of-Famer ___ Ripken
27D	Rock that's fracked to release oil
28D	Bone in the lower leg
29D	Fusion weapon, familiarly
30D	Weight unit at British markets
31D	Sea sight in black and white
32D	The decline of Russia?
33D	Lead-in to Major or Minor in the night sky
34D	What a drawbridge might cross
35D	Word with vault or position
39D	Collapsed
41D	One of four generated by a grand slam, for short
44D	Kind of soup often served with sushi
46D	Surgeon, informally
49D	Emirate that was the site of Operation Desert Storm
50D	Longing
53D	Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"
54D	One who's "adorbs"
55D	Revise, as text
56D	Prepare for gifting
57D	Sharpen
58D	Finding a penny with the tails side up is said to be a bad one
59D	Actor/rapper Omar
60D	"In that neighborhood"
61D	Gnat or nit
64D	Bud

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