NYT Crossword June 1, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Fruit preserves 3 4A Bottled water brand 6 10A Status ___ 3 13A "Long, long ___ ..." 3 14A High school assessment scored from 1 to 5 6 15A Address starting "http" 3 16A Pearl or peridot 3 17A Despise 6 18A Conclusion 3 19A Quick punches 4 21A "You," archaically 4 23A One taking office dictation 5 25A Blunder 5 28A Concert pianos 6 30A Like haunted houses and lifelike dolls 6 31A Sardine container 3 32A Accede to an agreement without getting everything one wants 6 35A "___-haw!" 3 36A Dominican slugger Sammy 4 38A Coolness, in Gen Alpha slang 4 39A Roosters' mates 4 40A Nightmare scenario 8 43A Emerged victorious … or what this puzzle's constructor did, as indicated by the shaded squares 12 47A Smokey Robinson's record label 6 48A Capital of Oman 6 50A North Carolina university 4 51A Leo XIV, for one 4 54A Jingle or ditty 4 55A Filing job, for short? 4 56A Touch 4 57A ___ Menken, composer of "Little Shop of Horrors" 4 58A Poems of praise 4 59A More than a few, but less than a lot 4 60A A village in Wales has one with 58 letters — the world's longest 4 61A It might read "Miss Universe" 4 62A Burn the surface of 4 63A "Curses!" 4

Down

1D Spree 3 2D What the number of candles on a birthday cake signifies 3 3D High-waisted fashion trend of the 1990s 8 4D Physiques that aren't quite perfect 7 5D Copies 4 6D Actor's workplace 3 7D Cut out 3 8D Thomas ___, early political cartoonist and critic of Boss Tweed 4 9D "Sign me up!" 7 10D Reality show starring the "Fab Five" 8 11D Big coffee holder 3 12D Dated 3 20D Newswoman Curry 3 22D Before, to Shakespeare 3 23D Certain members of a police dept. 4 24D Musical threesome 4 26D Go on before the main show, say 4 27D Liquors that go in Manhattans 4 29D Superfan's ticket purchase 10 30D It measures audience feedback 10 33D Ballerina's skirt 4 34D Gait faster than a walk 4 37D Give a tut-tut, e.g. 8 39D Place to hang a fedora 8 41D Classic archery wood 3 42D Shiba ___ (Japanese hunting dog) 3 43D Piña ___ 6 44D Makes up (for) 6 45D Sight-related 6 46D Southernmost country in Central America 6 47D Short office messages 5 49D Core belief 5 52D Thin woodwind 4 53D Pouncing predator 4