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Crossword Mini Hints & Answers - Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Stuck on the Crossword Mini puzzle for Tuesday, June 16, 2026 (puzzle #50)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 5 across · 6 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1A2P3R4O5N6GROOVE7LINGER8ASCEND9DEER
Completed grid for the June 16, 2026 Crossword Mini puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Cook's spill shield (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer APRON
  2. 6A. Channel, or a fixed routine (6)
    Hint G · · · · ·
    Answer GROOVE
  3. 7A. Be slow to leave (6)
    Hint L · · · · ·
    Answer LINGER
  4. 8A. Climb skyward (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ASCEND
  5. 9A. Antlered forest dweller (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DEER

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Get out of bed (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ARISE
  2. 2D. One who lives off another's earnings (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer PONCE
  3. 3D. Message received, on the radio (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer ROGER
  4. 4D. Sweltering spot, or a baking chamber (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OVEN
  5. 5D. Bookish, obsessive type (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NERD
  6. 6D. Pleased as punch (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GLAD