NYT Crossword June 4, 2026 Answers

Across

1A In "The Tempest," when Miranda says "O brave new world, That has such people in't!" 4 5A Middlemen in illicit transactions 6 11A Last over the line, say 7 14A Sushi wrapper 4 15A Waikiki welcomes 6 16A Indigenous people of the Great Basin 3 17A Forbidden idol 11 19A "American ___" 3 20A Neighborhood watering hole 9 21A Subj. for one aspiring to become bilingual 3 22A Particularly fine examples 4 23A Tolkien's Treebeard, for one 3 24A Cards 3 26A Shamash holder 7 28A Really rips into 7 31A Become enamored with 6 32A Beguile 6 34A Bob who narrated "How I Met Your Mother" 5 35A Historic Bulgarian ruler 4 38A Faux flattery 5 40A Bob who hosted PBS's "The Joy of Painting" 4 41A Broad-shouldered Titan 5 43A Most senior 6 45A Italian liquor distilled from winemaking leftovers 6 47A Downward dog and others 9 50A Exactly as desired 10 52A 151, once 3 53A Discouraging words 3 55A They come in black, Belgian and double varieties 4 56A Path to spiritual harmony 3 58A Bring out 6 60A Lillehammer's land: Abbr. 3 61A Large retail establishment … and a hint to four squares in this puzzle 11 63A Part of the conjugation of "être" 3 64A Candy heart phrase 6 65A Where "the man gave names to all … the birds in the sky and all the wild animals" 4 66A "Told you!" 3 67A Containers in orchards 6 68A Run into 4

Down

1D It's a matter of degrees 5 2D Beer brand with the slogan "La Playa Awaits" 6 3D Political leaflets 6 4D "The Four Seasons" composer 7 5D Altered excerpts of a film posted to social media, say 8 6D Sons of ___, exemplars of biblical wickedness 3 7D Site of an 1899-1909 gold rush 4 8D Deep fissure 5 9D Bald youngster? 6 10D Montreal-to-Boston dir. 3 11D Freudian censor 8 12D Conservative guesses 12 13D Links openings? 8 18D Imported beverage brand 5 22D Pint-size racers 7 25D ___ mold 5 27D "It Ain't Hard to Tell" rapper 3 29D Six-winged angels 7 30D Like the appearance of armadillos and anacondas 5 33D Many a character on "The Pitt," informally 5 35D "Just Do It" and "Think Different" 8 36D Fashion photographer's direction 11 37D Not prix fixe 8 39D Movie theaters with many screens 10 42D Fancy hotel amenity 3 44D Nursery purchases 5 46D More pretentious 6 48D Disguise, in a way 6 49D Fancy affair 6 51D Soft rock? 5 54D Tube placed during angioplasty 5 57D Article that might be prewritten, informally 4 59D Bullet point 4 61D Airer of "The Graham Norton Show" 3 62D Small square 3