NYT Crossword June 19, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Cut of beef used in Santa Maria-style barbecue 6 7A ___ Wilson, four-time M.V.P. of the 27-Down 3 10A Common export, nowadays 3 13A Field trip? 11 16A Section of a timeline 3 17A Chef's complimentary bite 11 18A Staff 3 19A Reacted to capturing a championship, perhaps 4 20A Dish often served with tartar sauce, informally 10 22A Terrorizer of Amity Island, in a 1975 blockbuster film 5 24A Finishes filming 5 25A Epitome of thinness 5 27A Mushroom named for its resemblance to a body part 7 29A "You've gotta be kidding me!" 11 32A Off-grid connection? 3 33A Former attorney general Bill 4 34A Short cut 3 35A "___ Green" (Kermit the Frog song) 4 36A Skater who lit the Olympic cauldron in 1998 3 37A Political philosopher who wrote "The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly" 11 41A Maker of sole music? 7 43A Succeed in 5 44A Stamp purchase 5 45A Companion of Ash and Misty in Pokémon anime 5 47A Cold one enjoyed during a hot wash 10 49A Word with ball or board 4 53A Spot for a flask 3 54A "That sounds brave ... but very stupid!" 11 56A Date in France? 3 57A One concerned with transparency in the workplace? 11 58A Bench press target, informally 3 59A Hebrew name meaning "high" 3 60A Chinese revolutionary Sun ___ 6

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1D Spring event 4 2D Twin city? 4 3D Morning announcement 4 4D Tries to identify, as a medical issue 8 5D Red state 3 6D 20-Across, e.g. 7 7D A military parade might go through it 4 8D Director of "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II" 7 9D Admitted fault 7 10D Sudden reversal of fortune, in literature 10 11D Mentions one's ring size, maybe 10 12D They're hot, until they're not 4 14D Film ___ 4 15D Certain canine 4 21D Conned 3 23D Clothing line 3 25D "Too bad!" 10 26D Preferring to keep one's feet on the ground? 10 27D See 7-Across 4 28D French director Clair 4 29D Last words? 4 30D Instrument usually pitched in C 4 31D Awards season announcement, for short 3 35D What might go off the rails? 8 37D Guitarist who played the first-ever rock concert at the Sistine Chapel 7 38D Item in a basket at the dinner table 7 39D Felt completely confident in 7 40D Insta post 3 42D Patch, say 3 45D "All ___ are off!" 4 46D Losing side in the Battle of Shiloh, informally 4 47D Insult, metaphorically 4 48D Children of, in Hebrew 4 50D What's going on 4 51D Willie ___, first Black player in the N.H.L. 4 52D Run-down 4 55D Like 3