NYT Crossword Answers for June 15, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for June 15, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Tops of cups View hint and explanation

LIDS

Canine command View hint and explanation

SHAKE

10A

"That was a close one!" View hint and explanation

PHEW

14A

Cash crop of northern Brazil View hint and explanation

ACAI

15A

Speaker stands View hint and explanation

PODIA

16A

Was a passenger View hint and explanation

RODE

17A

Device that helps you make a point in class? View hint and explanation

PENCILSHARPENER

20A

Brief moment View hint and explanation

SEC

21A

Require View hint and explanation

NEED

22A

Make up for past transgressions View hint and explanation

ATONE

23A

Mitigate View hint and explanation

EASE

25A

Indy 500 competitors View hint and explanation

RACERS

27A

Toy likely to be found at a pop-up store? View hint and explanation

JACKINTHEBOX

31A

Surrounding glows View hint and explanation

AURAS

32A

"Where the heart is" View hint and explanation

HOME

33A

"No more details, plz" View hint and explanation

TMI

36A

GPS suggestion: Abbr. View hint and explanation

RTE

37A

Sites with remains of mammoths View hint and explanation

TARPITS

40A

Kerfuffle View hint and explanation

ADO

42A

Come up short money-wise View hint and explanation

OWE

44A

Red vegetable View hint and explanation

BEET

45A

Former boxer Ali who voiced herself in a "Scooby Doo" series View hint and explanation

LAILA

47A

Revolutionary kitchen gadget? View hint and explanation

SALADSPINNER

50A

Did some engraving View hint and explanation

ETCHED

52A

Semihard cheese of North Holland View hint and explanation

EDAM

53A

Hello in Honolulu View hint and explanation

ALOHA

54A

Boarding pass info View hint and explanation

GATE

56A

It literally takes ages View hint and explanation

EON

59A

Response to a series of complaints ... that also jokingly applies to 17-, 27- and 47-Across View hint and explanation

SOMEBODYSCRANKY

63A

Erupt View hint and explanation

SPEW

64A

"You get what you give" principle View hint and explanation

KARMA

65A

End of a fishing line View hint and explanation

LURE

66A

Loch ___ monster View hint and explanation

NESS

67A

Boxing or bowling View hint and explanation

SPORT

68A

Hurdle for prospective attys. View hint and explanation

LSAT

Down Answers

Trips around the track View hint and explanation

LAPS

Drink that might cause brain freeze View hint and explanation

ICEE

Certain group of hip-hop performers View hint and explanation

DANCECREW

[Not my mistake] View hint and explanation

SIC

White blood cell producer said to be shaped like a coffee bean View hint and explanation

SPLEEN

Fire truck attachment View hint and explanation

HOSE

Condition that may be treated with meds like Concerta View hint and explanation

ADHD

Soul from Seoul View hint and explanation

KIA

Floppy part of a beagle View hint and explanation

EAR

10D

False reason given for doing something View hint and explanation

PRETEXT

11D

On the ___ system View hint and explanation

HONOR

12D

Natural paradises View hint and explanation

EDENS

13D

"___ not worthy!" ("Wayne's World" quote) View hint and explanation

WERE

18D

Not take "no" for an answer View hint and explanation

INSIST

19D

Fashion designer Rabanne View hint and explanation

PACO

24D

Letters before an alias View hint and explanation

AKA

25D

Transfers, as funds View hint and explanation

REMITS

26D

Help in crime View hint and explanation

ABET

27D

Site that might contain saved cookies? View hint and explanation

JAR

28D

Honda or Hyundai View hint and explanation

AUTO

29D

Series of messages on social media View hint and explanation

THREAD

30D

Wished (for) View hint and explanation

HOPED

34D

Navigational aids for website users View hint and explanation

MAINMENUS

35D

Not working View hint and explanation

IDLE

38D

Up to the task View hint and explanation

ABLE

39D

Petite burger View hint and explanation

SLIDER

41D

Rowing implement View hint and explanation

OAR

43D

Forgoes View hint and explanation

ESCHEWS

46D

Actress ___ de Armas View hint and explanation

ANA

48D

White whale chaser of literature View hint and explanation

AHAB

49D

Companion that might fall asleep on your keyboard View hint and explanation

PETCAT

50D

Run off to get hitched View hint and explanation

ELOPE

51D

Heavy books View hint and explanation

TOMES

53D

The "A" of P.T.A.: Abbr. View hint and explanation

ASSN

54D

Taverna wrap View hint and explanation

GYRO

55D

Soft, warm, tingly feeling, in brief View hint and explanation

ASMR

57D

Gumbo ingredient View hint and explanation

OKRA

58D

Russian refusal View hint and explanation

NYET

60D

Green-lights View hint and explanation

OKS

61D

High-five alternative View hint and explanation

DAP

62D

Entirety View hint and explanation

ALL