Spoilers: These are the reported answers for Friday, June 26, 2026. The year matters: a June 26 puzzle from another year has a different answer set.
Across answers
- Where you’ll find two hands on one arm: WATCH
- State that’s home to Shoshone Falls: IDAHO
- Linking point: NEXUS
- Vote into office: ELECT
- Seats for office workers: DESKS
Down answers
- ___ and dined: WINED
- Singer of “Hello” and “Skyfall”: ADELE
- Some paycheck withholdings: TAXES
- Apt name for a pet groundhog?: CHUCK
- “S.N.L.” V.I.P.s: HOSTS
The answer set and clue wording are reported by Parade and independently reproduced in Mashable’s report syndicated by Yahoo. These are secondary reports; an accessible official NYT puzzle page was not available for independent verification. The answer to the groundhog clue is CHUCK; the cited reports do not provide an official explanation of the wordplay.
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