NYT Crossword Answers for June 8, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for June 8, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Deer sir? View hint and explanation

STAG

Free trial version View hint and explanation

DEMO

Caspian or Mediterranean View hint and explanation

SEA

12A

Designer ___ Boss View hint and explanation

HUGO

13A

Typographical embellishment View hint and explanation

SERIF

14A

Go across View hint and explanation

SPAN

15A

"Su-u-ure" View hint and explanation

IBET

16A

Something green in a greenhouse View hint and explanation

PLANT

17A

Half ___ (when the minute hand points down) View hint and explanation

PAST

18A

Popular board game adapted from India [1] View hint and explanation

PARCHEESI

20A

They quickly spread online View hint and explanation

MEMES

21A

"Soldier, stop!" View hint and explanation

HALT

22A

Page (through) View hint and explanation

LEAF

23A

Challenge for student drivers [2] View hint and explanation

PARALLELPARKING

30A

Metals in mines View hint and explanation

ORES

31A

Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family" View hint and explanation

ERIC

32A

Apt zodiac sign for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion View hint and explanation

LEO

33A

Vitality View hint and explanation

PEP

34A

Scoundrel's deeds View hint and explanation

KNAVERY

37A

A pair View hint and explanation

TWO

38A

Card game whose name is something players cry View hint and explanation

UNO

39A

Assistant View hint and explanation

AIDE

40A

Anthropologist Margaret View hint and explanation

MEAD

41A

Never stop having fun [3] View hint and explanation

PARTYPARTYPARTY

46A

"___ the night before Christmas ..." View hint and explanation

TWAS

47A

Word repeated in "___ ye, ___ ye!" View hint and explanation

HEAR

48A

Cube maker Erno View hint and explanation

RUBIK

50A

Of the highest importance ... or, when parsed differently, what each bracketed number in the clues indicates? View hint and explanation

PARAMOUNT

55A

World's largest country with a four-letter name View hint and explanation

IRAN

56A

Underpinning View hint and explanation

BASIS

57A

Home of Columbus View hint and explanation

OHIO

58A

A single time View hint and explanation

ONCE

59A

Up in the air View hint and explanation

ALOFT

60A

Zero View hint and explanation

NONE

61A

"What a shame!" View hint and explanation

TSK

62A

Test the weight of View hint and explanation

HEFT

63A

Backyard storage space View hint and explanation

SHED

Down Answers

Steamer or cruiser View hint and explanation

SHIP

Oom-pah instrument View hint and explanation

TUBA

Follower of New or teen View hint and explanation

AGER

Hidden snags View hint and explanation

GOTCHAS

Key to the right of "+" and "=" on a Mac keyboard View hint and explanation

DELETE

What Taylor Swift calls the stages of her career View hint and explanation

ERAS

5x5-square crossword View hint and explanation

MINI

Frequently, in poetry View hint and explanation

OFT

Email winnower View hint and explanation

SPAMFILTER

10D

Effortlessness View hint and explanation

EASE

11D

Tiny hill builders View hint and explanation

ANTS

13D

Characterize? View hint and explanation

SPELL

14D

Orate View hint and explanation

SPEAK

19D

Nickname akin to Harry View hint and explanation

HAL

20D

Compassion View hint and explanation

MERCY

22D

Den View hint and explanation

LAIR

23D

Short-term kind of store View hint and explanation

POPUP

24D

Sports locale View hint and explanation

ARENA

25D

Give a debriefing (to) View hint and explanation

REPORTBACK

26D

Prime use for a crowbar View hint and explanation

LEVER

27D

Opposite of post- View hint and explanation

PRE

28D

Starting to learn View hint and explanation

NEWAT

29D

"Oh boy!" View hint and explanation

GOODY

34D

Watercraft for an Inuit View hint and explanation

KAYAK

35D

Small bites View hint and explanation

NIPS

36D

Accessibility law inits. View hint and explanation

ADA

40D

Leaves stranded View hint and explanation

MAROONS

42D

Strong string View hint and explanation

TWINE

43D

What misers take to an extreme View hint and explanation

THRIFT

44D

Bread maker's supply View hint and explanation

YEAST

45D

___ Beesly, character who has the last line in the finale of "The Office" View hint and explanation

PAM

48D

Civil uprising View hint and explanation

RIOT

49D

Caterer's containers View hint and explanation

URNS

50D

Whitish View hint and explanation

PALE

51D

Starting, timewise View hint and explanation

ASOF

52D

"This looks like trouble!" View hint and explanation

UHOH

53D

Number in a nonet View hint and explanation

NINE

54D

Follower of pointy or pigeon View hint and explanation

TOED

56D

Expression of contempt View hint and explanation

BAH