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New York Times, Monday, June 8, 2026

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : Give a debriefing (to)
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. McCoy. Grid flow: 29.0 Monday freshness: 18%
Jim Horne notes:

50-Across: PARAMOUNT reparses as PAR AMOUNT, i.e., how many occurrences of PAR appear in the answer.

1
S
2
T
3
A
4
G
5
D
6
E
7
M
8
O
9
S
10
E
11
A
12
H
U
G
O
13
S
E
R
I
F
14
S
P
A
N
15
I
B
E
T
16
P
L
A
N
T
17
P
A
S
T
18
P
A
R
C
19
H
E
E
S
I
20
M
E
M
E
S
21
H
A
L
T
22
L
E
A
F
23
P
24
A
25
R
A
L
L
E
26
L
27
P
A
R
K
I
28
N
29
G
30
O
R
E
S
31
E
R
I
C
32
L
E
O
33
P
E
P
34
K
35
N
36
A
V
E
R
Y
37
T
W
O
38
U
N
O
39
A
I
D
E
40
M
E
A
D
41
P
A
R
42
T
Y
P
A
R
43
T
44
Y
45
P
A
R
T
Y
46
T
W
A
S
47
H
E
A
R
48
R
49
U
B
I
K
50
P
51
A
R
A
M
O
52
U
53
N
54
T
55
I
R
A
N
56
B
A
S
I
S
57
O
H
I
O
58
O
N
C
E
59
A
L
O
F
T
60
N
O
N
E
61
T
S
K
62
H
E
F
T
63
S
H
E
D
© 2026, The New York Times6/8/26 ( No. 27,971 )
Across
1
Deer sir? : STAG
5
Free trial version : DEMO
9
Caspian or Mediterranean : SEA
12
Designer ___ Boss : HUGO
13
Typographical embellishment : SERIF
14
Go across : SPAN
15
"Su-u-ure" : IBET
16
Something green in a greenhouse : PLANT
17
Half ___ (when the minute hand points down) : PAST
18
Popular board game adapted from India [1] : PARCHEESI
20
They quickly spread online : MEMES
21
"Soldier, stop!" : HALT
22
Page (through) : LEAF
23
Challenge for student drivers [2] : PARALLELPARKING
30
Metals in mines : ORES
31
Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family" : ERIC
32
Apt zodiac sign for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion : LEO
33
Vitality : PEP
34
Scoundrel's deeds : KNAVERY
37
A pair : TWO
38
Card game whose name is something players cry : UNO
39
Assistant : AIDE
40
Anthropologist Margaret : MEAD
41
Never stop having fun [3] : PARTYPARTYPARTY
46
"___ the night before Christmas ..." : TWAS
47
Word repeated in "___ ye, ___ ye!" : HEAR
48
Cube maker Erno : RUBIK
50
Of the highest importance ... or, when parsed differently, what each bracketed number in the clues indicates? : PARAMOUNT
55
World's largest country with a four-letter name : IRAN
56
Underpinning : BASIS
57
Home of Columbus : OHIO
58
A single time : ONCE
59
Up in the air : ALOFT
60
Zero : NONE
61
"What a shame!" : TSK
62
Test the weight of : HEFT
63
Backyard storage space : SHED
Down
1
Steamer or cruiser : SHIP
2
Oom-pah instrument : TUBA
3
Follower of New or teen : AGER
4
Hidden snags : GOTCHAS
5
Key to the right of "+" and "=" on a Mac keyboard : DELETE
6
What Taylor Swift calls the stages of her career : ERAS
7
5x5-square crossword : MINI
8
Frequently, in poetry : OFT
9
Email winnower : SPAMFILTER
10
Effortlessness : EASE
11
Tiny hill builders : ANTS
13
Characterize? : SPELL
14
Orate : SPEAK
19
Nickname akin to Harry : HAL
20
Compassion : MERCY
22
Den : LAIR
23
Short-term kind of store : POPUP
24
Sports locale : ARENA
25
Give a debriefing (to) : REPORTBACK
26
Prime use for a crowbar : LEVER
27
Opposite of post- : PRE
28
Starting to learn : NEWAT
29
"Oh boy!" : GOODY
34
Watercraft for an Inuit : KAYAK
35
Small bites : NIPS
36
Accessibility law inits. : ADA
40
Leaves stranded : MAROONS
42
Strong string : TWINE
43
What misers take to an extreme : THRIFT
44
Bread maker's supply : YEAST
45
___ Beesly, character who has the last line in the finale of "The Office" : PAM
48
Civil uprising : RIOT
49
Caterer's containers : URNS
50
Whitish : PALE
51
Starting, timewise : ASOF
52
"This looks like trouble!" : UHOH
53
Number in a nonet : NINE
54
Follower of pointy or pigeon : TOED
56
Expression of contempt : BAH

Answer summary:
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