NYT Crossword June 3, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "Fancy seeing you here!" 4 5A Wishy-washy words 4 9A Utah ski resort 4 13A Lowly sorts 5 15A Online "Yay!" 4 16A Pixar franchise in which buses and taxis exist, despite serving seemingly no purpose 4 17A Lament while dealing with "kids these days" 15 20A Fish in a negitoro roll 4 21A Where "music and passion were always the fashion," in a Barry Manilow hit 7 22A 1990s feminist movement rooted in punk rock 9 26A ___ Rae Jepsen ("Call Me Maybe" singer) 5 27A "___ be my pleasure" 3 28A Playroom pile 4 30A "Capisce?" 3 31A Thai noodle dish 8 35A Contents of la Seine 3 37A Subtle acknowledgments 7 38A Disease for which China's Tu Youyou discovered a lifesaving treatment, earning her a Nobel Prize 7 42A "Knives Out" co-star ___ de Armas 3 43A Research institute where radio astronomy began 8 44A Compound in a joint 3 46A Polite term of address 4 48A Workout unit, for short 3 49A "Hang loose" sign 5 51A Where to find queens and kings 9 55A As, in chemistry 7 57A Literary character who hopes to get whale soon? 4 58A Physical copy, colloquially 15 63A "Othello" villain 4 64A Rustic verse 4 65A Linda of the band 4 Non Blondes 5 66A ___ mess (traditional English dessert) 4 67A Pursue 4 68A Event captured in the photograph "Into the Jaws of Death" 4

Down

1D Big name in nail polish 3 2D Skirt's edge 3 3D "Southern cough syrup" 8 4D Two-way, as a door 5 5D Bird with "barn" and "barred" varieties 3 6D Angler's stick 3 7D On little cat feet, say 6 8D "Then again …," to a texter 4 9D "Don't look suspicious!" 9 10D Punjabi metropolis 6 11D With 44-Down, many an EGOT contender … or what's spelled out by this puzzle's shaded squares? 6 12D Give a makeup test? 5 14D Dynasty after the Tang 4 18D Raft turner 3 19D Suggestion, informally 3 22D Tears 4 23D Tilted type: Abbr. 4 24D Blvds. and rds. 4 25D Use an 18-Down 3 29D Animal whose crabeater variety does not, in fact, eat crabs 4 32D Enjoyed, as finger food 9 33D Forever and a day 3 34D Cheese in the Czech dish smažený sýr 4 36D Without exception 3 38D Product of the internet that might be "dank" or "deep-fried" 4 39D Odd duck, aptly 8 40D "Yeah, right!" 4 41D Nile biters 4 43D "Pshaw!" 3 44D See 11-Down 6 45D Tries 6 47D Submit 6 49D Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" 5 50D Insect that has reportedly passed the "mirror test" of self-recognition 3 52D Down in the dumps 3 53D Pequod, e.g. 4 54D Overfilled 5 56D Colored part of the 59-Down 4 59D See 56-Down 3 60D Wanderer in a forest 3 61D Singer Rita 3 62D M.L.B. team for "Mr. October" and "Mr. November" 3