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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 6, 2026

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Saturday, June 6, 2026

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, June 6, 2026. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

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Friday, June 5, 2026

across

1. Adjusts, as text: EMENDS
7. [Get away!]: GRR
10. Lecture setting: DAIS
14. "Can anyone explain this?!": MAKEITMAKESENSE
17. "Let me try to explain …": THEWAYILOOKATIT
18. Gal pal: SIS
19. Appeal in defense: PLEA
20. Coat on a tip?: POLISH
21. Round striker: PEEN
22. Where 22-Across is: HERE
23. Pilots' tools: RADARS
26. Grocery stores?: PANTRIES
30. Seaweed-based gels: AGARS
31. Strikes out on one's own: FLIESSOLO
32. So-called "Champagne of Spain": CAVA
33. ___ Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning chemist: ROALD
34. Fuss: STIR
35. Targets of some regulations: EMISSIONS
37. Something a toddler might grow out of: PHASE
38. Fuji, e.g.: REDAPPLE
39. Energizes: GOOSES
40. Something you can see right through: IRIS
41. Not so rich, so to speak: LITE
42. Remit, say: MAILIN
45. New wave band with the 1979 album "Duty Now for the Future": DEVO
46. Destination: AIM
49. Provide proactive help, in a way: RUNINTERFERENCE
52. "Keep me out of it": IDONTWANTTOKNOW
53. Opposite of "stay silent": SING
54. "___ y plata" (Montana's motto): ORO
55. Southwestern dwellings: HOGANS

down

1. Triage pros: EMTS
2. Dorado fish, informally: MAHI
3. Scrapes (out): EKES
4. Just out: NEW
5. Attire that may snap on: DIAPERS
6. Does up, in a way: STYLES
7. Big do: GALA
8. Studio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne": RKO
9. Came out of bankruptcy, say: REOPENED
10. What might give a hand in a casino?: DEALERSSHOE
11. Opposed: ANTI
12. Deity with a temple in Pompeii: ISIS
13. Actor Gilliam of "The Wire": SETH
15. Attitude: MIEN
16. Some athleisure bottoms: SKORTS
21. Modern water sport: PARASAILING
22. Summons: HAILS
23. 500 competitor: RACER
24. Top form: AGAME
25. Biblical shepherd-turned-king: DAVID
26. Kind of figure: PLANE
27. I I I: IOTAS
28. ___ Neal, co-star of TV's "The Hughleys": ELISE
29. Painful spots: SORES
31. People not to argue with, they say: FOOLS
33. Forcibly halve: RIPINTWO
36. Dash: SPRINT
37. Small marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP: POTOROO
39. Biblical verb: GIVETH
41. Blue side, with "the": LEFT
42. Med. diagnostics: MRIS
43. Maker of the Q3: AUDI
44. ___ a secret: INON
45. Movie villain who is a member of SPECTRE: DRNO
46. Pioneering civil rights activist ___ Arnold Hedgeman: ANNA
47. Forbidden subject in Islamic art: ICON
48. Row houses, to Brits: MEWS
50. Canal entry: EAR
51. Med. diagnostic: EKG

Hints and full breakdown for Jun 5

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

Crossword-solving habits worth building

Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.

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What is a rebus square?

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Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.

Can I see past crossword answers?

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