NYT Crossword Answers 06/07/26

NYT Across Clues

• 1A Stiff RIGID
• 6A ___ Waller-Bridge, star and creator of TV’s “Fleabag” PHOEBE
• 12A Ball pit? SOCKET
• 18A Loves to pieces ADORES
• 20A Excoriates RAILSAT
• 21A Drink following a shot CHASER
• 22A With 23- and 24-Across, airport announcement / Requirement to practice, perhaps GATECH
• 23A See 22-Across ANGELIC
• 24A See 22-Across ENSURE
• 25A Breakthrough cry AHA
• 26A North African fortress, in one spelling KASBAH
• 28A America’s largest labor union, familiarly THENEA
• 30A With 32- and 35-Across, “Now, here’s the thing ?” / Some board game surfaces SOLI
• 32A See 30-Across STENCHES
• 35A See 30-Across STABLES
• 39A Long instrumental piece SONATA
• 41A Former alliance of France, Italy, Japan, the U.S., the U.K. and West Germany GSIX
• 42A Snuggle NESTLEUP
• 43A Slugger’s tally ATBATS
• 45A Letters aptly missing from _ _ _ightl_ SPRY
• 47A Website for finding professional services ANGI
• 48A With 50- and 54-Across, serious props / Had an evening meal MADRE
• 50A See 48-Across SPECTATED
• 54A See 48-Across INNER
• 55A Free of bumps SMOOTH
• 57A “Not exactly ?” ISH
• 58A Philippe’s head TETE
• 59A Bit of “Great British Baking Show” fare SCONE
• 60A Some animation files GIFS
• 61A Eighth Avenue express line in N.Y.C. ATRAIN
• 64A Did some housekeeping CLEANED
• 66A Amount that “ain’t bad,” so to speak ? or what to make with six sets of answers in this puzzle? TWOOUTOFTHREE
• 70A Creative evaluation of a sort ARTTEST
• 74A Some eels MORAYS
• 75A Manufacturer’s gross product? SMOG
• 79A Worries CARES
• 80A Bevy : quails :: mob : ___ EMUS
• 84A Relieve (of) RID
• 85A Feature of an intersection that forces a turn TSHAPE
• 87A With 88- and 91-Across, syntax-reversing rhetorical device / Small, peelable citrus fruits CHIAS
• 88A See 87-Across MUSCLEMEN
• 91A See 87-Across TINES
• 92A Taylor Swift’s ___ Tour ERAS
• 93A Out of the ordinary RARE
• 94A Resident of the so-called “Nation of Poets” SOMALI
• 96A Early Google algorithm for determining the importance of websites PAGERANK
• 100A Performs a simple operation ADDS
• 103A “Why you little ?!” SONOFA
• 105A With 106- and 108-Across, “No need to hurry” / Like some security measures THEREST
• 106A See 105-Across IMEANTIT
• 108A See 105-Across HEFT
• 110A Enter hurriedly RUSHIN
• 112A Chest beaters? HEARTS
• 114A Business address abbr. STE
• 115A With 118- and 121-Across, didn’t quite fit in, say / Not as frequently WASABI
• 118A See 115-Across TODDLES
• 121A See 115-Across SOFTEN
• 123A Upper-crusters ELITES
• 124A What wristwatch straps are designed to accommodate ANYSIZE
• 125A Homes characterized by half-timbered walls TUDORS
• 126A Fine, if not great DECENT
• 127A Flexibility LEEWAY
• 128A Not in vogue PASSE

NYT Vertical Clues

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