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NYT Crossword June 5 2026 Answers

All 70 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES70 CLUES
ACROSS
1AAdjusts, as text6 lettersSee answer ›7A[Get away!]3 lettersSee answer ›10ALecture setting4 lettersSee answer ›14A"Can anyone explain this?!"15 lettersSee answer ›17A"Let me try to explain …"15 lettersSee answer ›18AGal pal3 lettersSee answer ›19AAppeal in defense4 lettersSee answer ›20ACoat on a tip?6 lettersSee answer ›21ARound striker4 lettersSee answer ›22AWhere 22-Across is4 lettersSee answer ›23APilots' tools6 lettersSee answer ›26AGrocery stores?8 lettersSee answer ›30ASeaweed-based gels5 lettersSee answer ›31AStrikes out on one's own9 lettersSee answer ›32ASo-called "Champagne of Spain"4 lettersSee answer ›33A___ Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning chemist5 lettersSee answer ›34AFuss4 lettersSee answer ›35ATargets of some regulations9 lettersSee answer ›37ASomething a toddler might grow out of5 lettersSee answer ›38AFuji, e.g.8 lettersSee answer ›39AEnergizes6 lettersSee answer ›40ASomething you can see right through4 lettersSee answer ›41ANot so rich, so to speak4 lettersSee answer ›42ARemit, say6 lettersSee answer ›45ANew wave band with the 1979 album "Duty Now for the Future"4 lettersSee answer ›46ADestination3 lettersSee answer ›49AProvide proactive help, in a way15 lettersSee answer ›52A"Keep me out of it"15 lettersSee answer ›53AOpposite of "stay silent"4 lettersSee answer ›54A"___ y plata" (Montana's motto)3 lettersSee answer ›55ASouthwestern dwellings6 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1DTriage pros4 lettersSee answer ›2DDorado fish, informally4 lettersSee answer ›3DScrapes (out)4 lettersSee answer ›4DJust out3 lettersSee answer ›5DAttire that may snap on7 lettersSee answer ›6DDoes up, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›7DBig do4 lettersSee answer ›8DStudio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne"3 lettersSee answer ›9DCame out of bankruptcy, say8 lettersSee answer ›10DWhat might give a hand in a casino?11 lettersSee answer ›11DOpposed4 lettersSee answer ›12DDeity with a temple in Pompeii4 lettersSee answer ›13DActor Gilliam of "The Wire"4 lettersSee answer ›15DAttitude4 lettersSee answer ›16DSome athleisure bottoms6 lettersSee answer ›21DModern water sport11 lettersSee answer ›22DSummons5 lettersSee answer ›23D500 competitor5 lettersSee answer ›24DTop form5 lettersSee answer ›25DBiblical shepherd-turned-king5 lettersSee answer ›26DKind of figure5 lettersSee answer ›27DI I I5 lettersSee answer ›28D___ Neal, co-star of TV's "The Hughleys"5 lettersSee answer ›29DPainful spots5 lettersSee answer ›31DPeople not to argue with, they say5 lettersSee answer ›33DForcibly halve8 lettersSee answer ›36DDash6 lettersSee answer ›37DSmall marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP7 lettersSee answer ›39DBiblical verb6 lettersSee answer ›41DBlue side, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›42DMed. diagnostics4 lettersSee answer ›43DMaker of the Q34 lettersSee answer ›44D___ a secret4 lettersSee answer ›45DMovie villain who is a member of SPECTRE4 lettersSee answer ›46DPioneering civil rights activist ___ Arnold Hedgeman4 lettersSee answer ›47DForbidden subject in Islamic art4 lettersSee answer ›48DRow houses, to Brits4 lettersSee answer ›50DCanal entry3 lettersSee answer ›51DMed. diagnostic3 lettersSee answer ›
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