NYT Crossword June 26, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Hectic time for JFK 4 5A Bar of note? 4 9A Texter's "Hang on a sec" 3 12A Tightfisted sort 5 14A Took an Uber, say 4 15A Top banana 4 16A Biggest restaurant size that nevertheless is often topped? 15 19A Logic gate that is only on when neither input is 3 20A Like many films in teaser trailers 11 21A Spanish "both" 6 23A Top banana, for short 3 24A Ocean-mapping instruments 6 25A Upper limit that cannot be exceeded 7 29A Torment 5 30A Symbol in the Kentucky Derby logo 4 31A Jazz singer Anita 4 33A Holders of nets 4 34A Schlepped 5 35A SCOTUS head count 4 36A "Got it" 4 37A Those for 4 38A Sing like Sinatra 5 39A Mickey Mouse 7 41A Jewelry fasteners 6 42A ___ will 3 43A Slangy response to a knock at the door 6 44A Onetime rap group whose initials spell out a synonym for "Jump Around," appropriately 11 49A Unresponsive, maybe, for short 3 51A Current affairs? 15 53A Polite request 4 54A Public transport option 4 55A Popular toys, in a plural form officially discouraged by their maker 5 56A ___ admin (I.T. role) 3 57A "Look, here's the deal …" 4 58A Refuses to 4

Down

1D Group of mutants 4 2D Expert on cosmos? 10 3D Expert on the cosmos 10 4D "To be," in Tijuana 3 5D Goals for those in a rush, informally 5 6D Golf great McIlroy 4 7D Unlikely scenarios, in techspeak 9 8D Vacillated 8 9D [WRONG!] 4 10D Level 4 11D Two-pronged fastener 4 13D Was used up 6 15D Stan's workplace on "American Dad!," for short 3 17D Places to go in the U.K. 4 18D Spur 4 22D Third-generation Japanese American 6 24D Draped garment 4 25D Resting place 5 26D Pulitzer-winning poet Aiken 6 27D "Later, dude!" 10 28D Prison design that allows one guard to keep watch on all the inmates 10 30D Chess tactic in which the king and queen are attacked simultaneously by a single piece 9 32D Itches 4 34D Personalize for 8 38D Like offspring in a strictly asexual lineage 6 40D ___ Nam 4 41D Likely contact point of an uppercut 4 43D Self-driving car company started by Google 5 44D Closes (in) 4 45D Big name in skin care 4 46D Some missed-exit maneuvers, informally 4 47D Poli-___ (certain college major, for short) 3 48D Smartphone predecessors, for short 4 50D Second: Abbr. 4 52D Copy cats? 3