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Jun 12, 2026
NYT Crossword Today's Hints and Answer
14 June 2026 · 21x21 grid · 56 Across, 78 Down
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Answers for 14 June 2026
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Many a listing on the Billboard Hot 100
POPHIT
7
High noon face-offs
DUELS
12
Sonata maker
HYUNDAI
19
Backup squads
BTEAMS
20
Asian rice porridge
CONGEE
21
Measure of high resistance
MEGAOHM
22
10th grader critiques swanky boutique?
SOPHPOOHPOOHSPOSHSHOP
25
When doubled, a cry of approval
HEAR
26
Souvenirs fired from hand-held cannons
TEES
27
Pep rally yells
RAHS
28
Inquires
ASKS
29
"Hoo mama, that's hot!"
YOWIE
31
Singer Lovato
DEMI
32
Wrestling move named after a pesticide
DDT
34
Why Keanu is such a generous tipper?
REEVESREVERESSERVERS
42
Revenue-raising legislation
TAXACT
43
The "Y" of Y.S.L.
YVES
44
Bad thing to bring to bed, it's said
PHONE
45
Rapper Kool Moe ___
DEE
46
Bone doc
ORTHO
47
Heartburn
AGITA
49
Make out
DISCERN
51
Needle holder
FIR
52
1960s singer swindles Nashville awards?
MAMACASSSCAMSCMAS
57
Online euphemism for "killed" used to avoid demonetization
UNALIVED
59
"See ya!"
TATA
60
Part between the shoulders
LANE
61
Well-known song with a trilingual version in English, French and Inuktitut
OCANADA
64
Come back in force
RESURGE
68
Order to go
SHOO
71
Actress ___ Lee Nolin of "Baywatch"
GENA
73
"No joke!"
TRUEFACT
77
Scottish cryptid spotted by the French?
NESSIESEENINSEINE
83
Bad sound from a fan
BOO
84
Bothered to no end
EATENAT
85
Java tea
PEKOE
86
Bygone retail giant
KMART
88
Senatorial greeting
AVE
89
Bathroom brand
ORALB
91
1998 tech debut
IMAC
93
Volcanic gems found on every continent
AGATES
94
Harsh taskmaster taken to task?
DERRIERERIDERDERIDED
98
Totally played out
OLD
99
Alien leader?
XENO
100
"... to hold, as ___, the mirror up to nature": Hamlet
TWERE
101
Spot for a cooling pie
SILL
104
Eastern currency
YUAN
105
Opening of le soliloque d'Hamlet
ETRE
107
Innocent sort
LAMB
110
What a modest play has in common with the answer to each italicized clue?
SMALLCASTOFCHARACTERS
116
Appropriately misspelled genre for Korn and Limp Bizkit
NUMETAL
117
"Woo-hoo!"
HURRAY
118
Kid-friendly rocker?
HORSIE
119
"Oh, please"
SPAREME
120
Pub quaff
STOUT
121
"Moving right along ..."
ANYHOW
Down
1
Network supported by "Viewers Like You"
PBS
2
"Altho ..."
OTOH
3
Cacio e ___ (Roman pasta dish)
PEPE
4
Nervous agreement
HAHAYEAH
5
Make-up artist?
IMPROVCOMIC
6
General with a chicken dish named after him
TSO
7
Goofball
DOPE
8
Some, in Saltillo
UNOS
9
"S.N.L." alum Nwodim
EGO
10
Tom ___, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" satirist
LEHRER
11
Tahini, essentially
SESAMEPASTE
12
Certain open enrollment options, for short
HMOS
13
"Roundabout" rock band, 1971
YES
14
"Gross!"
UGH
15
Onetime stargazer's education channel
NASATV
16
Cries of self-described "idiots"
DOHS
17
"Now I get it"
AHOK
18
Fireball-throwing demons from Doom
IMPS
20
In good spirits
CHEERY
23
Name in many skyscrapers
OTIS
24
Jam band with a Ben & Jerry's flavor
PHISH
30
___ paint (sign tragically noticed after sitting on a park bench)
WET
31
End of a redundant legal doublet
DESIST
32
Jorts material
DENIM
33
Kind of code
DRESS
34
___ to go
RARIN
35
Face in the crowd, say
EXTRA
36
Emergency removal, in brief
EVAC
37
Light in the night sky also known as Alpha Lyrae
VEGA
38
Whiskey mixer
SODA
39
Altitude sickness side effect
EDEMA
40
Returned to air, as an old pilot, perhaps
RERAN
41
Have an inkling
SENSE
42
Cousin of tempeh and seitan
TOFU
48
Powerful Romanov
TSAR
50
Viola score symbol
CCLEF
53
Actress Gardner
AVA
54
Chess pieces
MEN
55
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" or "Out of sight, out of mind"
ADAGE
56
Social class
CASTE
58
Unpacked, say
LOOSE
62
"Let's just stay calm"
DEEPBREATHS
63
2023 Nobel-winning physicist L'Huillier
ANNE
65
Spoon bender Geller debunked on "The Tonight Show"
URI
66
Shout in a slasher film
RUN
67
Female-friendly fandom event
GEEKGIRLCON
68
Sam who putted croquet style until the U.S.G.A. banned it
SNEAD
69
Catapult
HEAVE
70
Kitchen brand
OSTER
72
Martial art mastered by Steven Seagal
AIKIDO
74
Taper
ABATE
75
Empty inside
CORED
76
Tater ___
TOTS
78
How sun-dried tomatoes are packed
INOIL
79
Dog-___
EARED
80
Dog ___
STAR
81
Town, cape or river of western Alaska
NOME
82
Scorch
SEAR
87
Lunged (for)
MADEATRY
90
"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" automaker
LEXUS
92
It can carry a tune
CDTRAY
93
Modern art?
ARE
95
Word after high or holy
ROLLER
96
Fast-food chain whose name has two hyphens
INNOUT
97
Washstand item
EWER
101
Old Medicare IDs
SSNS
102
Sleepy murmur
IMUP
103
Spiritual teacher in Tibet
LAMA
104
Rory's school on "Gilmore Girls"
YALE
105
Shade in the desert
ECRU
106
"___ remains to be seen"
THAT
108
Clubber's tank top material
MESH
109
Verve
BRIO
111
4G letters
LTE
112
QB Ward or Newton
CAM
113
To's opposite
FRO
114
Band with the 1980s multi-octave "Take On Me"
AHA
115
Move the needle?
SEW
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