Daily Themed Crossword June 18, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the June 18, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
June 18, 2026 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lawyers' charges | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | ___-Tarts (toaster pastry brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ as a bug in a rug | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Like a well-ventilated room | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Will pay later letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Bicycle wheel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Frog relative with warts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Neither here ___ there | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | ___ Hathaway The Devil Wears Prada 2 actress | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___ Geo Wild (TV channel) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Burnout cause | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Action film starring Liam Neeson as an ex-CIA officer who goes on a relentless mission to rescue his daughter from kidnappers in Paris | TAKEN | 5 | |
| #13 | Kind of card for an actor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Follows orders | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Concealed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Zodiac animal for Aries | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Say Ple-e-ease say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | What you do when the music stops during musical chairs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Suffix with Senegal or Taiwan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Overhead trains in Chicago slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ Brown (The Da Vinci Code author) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Polynesian Disney princess who has a knack for sailing | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Sci-fi action film starring Bruce Willis as an oil driller who joins a space mission to save the planet and his daughter | Show answer | 10 | |
| #24 | Go ahead ___ you! (challenger's words): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Carly ___ Jepsen on pop charts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Finding ___ animated Pixar film featuring Marlin a clownfish dad who embarks on a daring adventure to find his missing son | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | ___ Jonas brother of Nick and Kevin Jonas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Residue on Santa's suit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Many pages in a travel guide | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Alphabetically-second month for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Draped garment from India | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | So what ___ is new with you? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | ___ Fish drama film starring Ewan McGregor as a storyteller dad who spins tall tales to fill his son's life with magic and wonder | BIG | 3 | |
| #34 | Fits to ___ (perfectly): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Low-___ dairy products | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Vowels between a and u | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Renaissance ___ (historical period) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Australian city with a famous opera house | Show answer | 6 | |
| #39 | Beer measure in a pub | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Row that might help you win a tic-tac-toe game perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | The ___ of Happyness drama film starring Will Smith as a salesman who overcomes hardship to build a better life for his son | Show answer | 7 | |
| #42 | Little twinkler in a children's rhyme | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | What 6 looks like upside down | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Cremation vessels | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Bee ___ (band formed by the Gibb brothers) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Response to a question for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | CNN founder Turner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | They are meant ___ together (They belong together): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Jeffrey Archer novel Kane and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Party barrels | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Beijing's country | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Homophone for reed or red | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | This should come ___ surprise!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ Girls (Lindsay Lohan movie) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | I Am ___ drama film starring Sean Penn as a dad with special needs who challenges the legal system for custody of his daughter | SAM | 3 | |
| #56 | Dr. with Grammys | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Cry ___ River (song by Justin Timberlake): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Texas city in the book and film Friday Night Lights | Show answer | 6 | |
| #59 | Got up from sleeping say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Clark ___ who played Phil Coulson in the Marvel universe | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | You've Got a Friend ___ (Toy Story theme song): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Distribute as a deck of cards | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Sound blasters at an outdoor concert for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Quick punch in boxing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Yes to a mademoiselle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Muesli ingredient | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Shipment to a smeltery perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | 2-2 as a score | Show answer | 3 |
How the June 18, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for June 18, 2026, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ARMAGEDDON at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for June 18, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
June 18, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the June 18, 2026 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 68 clues with answers from 3 to 10 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for June 18, 2026 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the June 18, 2026 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.