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Jun 14, 2026
NYT Crossword Yesterday's Hints and Answer
12 June 2026 · 15x15 grid · 35 Across, 35 Down
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Answers for 12 June 2026
Spoiler belowAcross
1
Get-up
DUDS
5
Exhibiting a green face, stereotypically
SEASICK
12
Children's book title character in a green suit
BABAR
13
Ambassador's aide
ATTACHE
14
Inheritance source, for good or ill
GENETICLOTTERY
16
"Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric)
DESIRE
17
Prefix with present
OMNI
18
Farm grazer
COW
19
"Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi film with an approval rating of 5% on Rotten Tomatoes)
ANTS
20
Velociraptor, e.g., informally
DINO
22
___ asada
CARNE
24
Followers of the guru Nanak
SIKHS
26
Elate
SEND
28
Some fragrant gifts
LEIS
29
Half ass reply?
HEE
30
Microscopic
TINY
32
Weight
IMPACT
34
Style with spotty coverage?
POINTILLISM
37
Good market news
UPTURN
39
Slip material
SILK
40
Tally: Abbr.
PTS
43
Ex-
PAST
44
Big name in cups
SOLO
46 EMAIL
Contents of a modern flood
48
Lock
TRESS
50
Some camera moves
PANS
52
Commedia dell'___
ARTE
53
Needing no script
OTC
54
Deuce follower
ADIN
56
"That's good to hear"
IMGLAD
58
Home of the world's largest independently owned bookstore (spanning an entire city block)
PORTLANDOREGON
61
Windflower
ANEMONE
62
Play again
REAIR
63
Cone holders
RETINAS
64
Cost of a hand
ANTE
Down
1
Pastry with Austrian origins, despite its name
DANISH
2
Cab alternative
UBER
3
Passé
DATED
4
Sanskrit honorific
SRI
5
Certain ladder climber
SALMON
6
___ collar
ETON
7
Ghost story?
ATTIC
8
Didn't play
SAT
9
Place where customers get their licks in?
ICECREAMPARLOR
10
Persistent
CHRONIC
11
Home of the Ernest Hemingway House
KEYWEST
12
Hidden gem
BESTKEPTSECRET
14
One who might say "You wish!"
GENIE
15
Site of America's first roller coaster
CONEYISLAND
16
T, in Morse code
DASH
21
"___ it?"
ISNT
23
Locale for 11 Winter Olympics
ALPS
25
Mix up
STIR
27
Tzatziki ingredient
DILL
31
Quality establishments?
INNS
33
M.C.'s need
MIKE
35
Baseball trio
OUTS
36
Symbol of courage
LION
37
Satisfactory
UPTOPAR
38
Epic beginning
PARTONE
41
Saturn satellite
TITAN
42
Runners carry it
SLED
45
Puts in one's two cents
OPINES
47
Smith who has won the Triple Crown of Acting
MAGGIE
49
Do business?
SALON
51
Obstacle for Odysseus
SIREN
55
___ Point, Calif.
DANA
57
Central point
MEAT
59
"OMG, stop!"
TMI
60
Pray, in Latin
ORA
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