NYT Crossword June 7, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Stiff 5 6A ___ Waller-Bridge, star and creator of TV's "Fleabag" 6 12A Ball pit? 6 18A Loves to pieces 6 20A Excoriates 7 21A Drink following a shot 6 22A With 23- and 24-Across, airport announcement / Requirement to practice, perhaps 6 23A See 22-Across 7 24A See 22-Across 6 25A Breakthrough cry 3 26A North African fortress, in one spelling 6 28A America's largest labor union, familiarly 6 30A With 32- and 35-Across, "Now, here's the thing …" / Some board game surfaces 4 32A See 30-Across 8 35A See 30-Across 7 39A Long instrumental piece 6 41A Former alliance of France, Italy, Japan, the U.S., the U.K. and West Germany 4 42A Snuggle 8 43A Slugger's tally 6 45A Letters aptly missing from _ _ _ightl_ 4 47A Website for finding professional services 4 48A With 50- and 54-Across, serious props / Had an evening meal 5 50A See 48-Across 9 54A See 48-Across 5 55A Free of bumps 6 57A "Not exactly …" 3 58A Philippe's head 4 59A Bit of "Great British Baking Show" fare 5 60A Some animation files 4 61A Eighth Avenue express line in N.Y.C. 6 64A Did some housekeeping 7 66A Amount that "ain't bad," so to speak … or what to make with six sets of answers in this puzzle? 13 70A Creative evaluation of a sort 7 74A Some eels 6 75A Manufacturer's gross product? 4 79A Worries 5 80A Bevy : quails :: mob : ___ 4 84A Relieve (of) 3 85A Feature of an intersection that forces a turn 6 87A With 88- and 91-Across, syntax-reversing rhetorical device / Small, peelable citrus fruits 5 88A See 87-Across 9 91A See 87-Across 5 92A Taylor Swift's ___ Tour 4 93A Out of the ordinary 4 94A Resident of the so-called "Nation of Poets" 6 96A Early Google algorithm for determining the importance of websites 8 100A Performs a simple operation 4 103A "Why you little …!" 6 105A With 106- and 108-Across, "No need to hurry" / Like some security measures 7 106A See 105-Across 8 108A See 105-Across 4 110A Enter hurriedly 6 112A Chest beaters? 6 114A Business address abbr. 3 115A With 118- and 121-Across, didn't quite fit in, say / Not as frequently 6 118A See 115-Across 7 121A See 115-Across 6 123A Upper-crusters 6 124A What wristwatch straps are designed to accommodate 7 125A Homes characterized by half-timbered walls 6 126A Fine, if not great 6 127A Flexibility 6 128A Not in vogue 5

Down

1D Pieces of Indian music 5 2D Tubers from the Gem State 6 3D Laid eyes on but good 10 4D Country whose flag is known as "An Trídhathach" ("The Tricolor"): Abbr. 3 5D Deal with it! 4 6D Type of Thai red curry 6 7D Lofty pitches 6 8D Corrida cry 3 9D Class for immigrants, in brief 3 10D Tries to rile, as on social media 5 11D Leave one's mark, say 4 12D Scratch-and-sniff samples 6 13D "How interesting!" 6 14D Classic film said to be the most quotable movie of all time 10 15D The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf. 3 16D Sonnet adverb … or suffix? 3 17D Green Day drummer ___ Cool 3 19D Soda brand named for a volcano 6 20D Broccoli ___ 4 27D Facts and figures 5 29D Suffix with Brooklyn 3 31D Phrases preceding lyrics 6 33D Basic school subj. 4 34D Like about 88% of the U.A.E.'s residents 5 36D Musician who said "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination" 6 37D The eldest Levy of "Schitt's Creek" 6 38D Like many cathedrals 6 40D Help in a pinch? 4 42D Ural demurral 4 44D Vice president Agnew 5 46D This is the way: Abbr. 3 48D Seasoning that imparts umami flavor, for short 3 49D "___ dreaming?" 3 51D Red-haired hunter in Genesis 4 52D Record of money owed 4 53D Condemn 5 54D Response of comprehension 4 56D Hems and ___ 4 62D Object of spiritual significance 5 63D Award opportunity, in brief 3 65D Out of fear that 4 66D Thomas Hardy's titular Miss Durbeyfield 4 67D Swinger's warning 4 68D Shorten 4 69D Underworld boss? 5 70D Confirm, as a friend request 6 71D Enthusiastic 6 72D First responder's first response 6 73D Initially offered lesser charge 10 75D Union victory site of 1862 6 76D The Declaration of Independence and the like 10 77D Expose, in verse 3 78D Some microwaves, in brief 3 81D Gloom 4 82D 2028 Summer Olympics host 3 83D "Beat it!" 5 86D Third-most-common suffix in country names, after -ia and -land 4 89D Journalist's opening line 4 90D Polite refusal 5 95D Thoroughfare through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown 6 97D Sandwich with sauerkraut 6 98D Pass before a basket, e.g. 6 99D Of an unspecified position in a sequence 3 101D National flower of Mexico 6 102D One of the Seven Dwarfs 6 104D Dessert, to Brits 6 106D Combined 5 107D Subdue by stunning 4 109D Needing kneading, perhaps 5 111D Leaning type: Abbr. 4 113D Counterpart to nuts 4 115D Brought together 3 116D Kölsch or saison 3 117D [Not my misspelling!] 3 119D The banned ingredient Red No. 3, e.g. 3 120D Big retail inits. in footwear 3 122D Org. banning 119-Down 3