New York Times Answers - Thursday, 28th June 2018 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 28th June 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Assume a leading roleTAKECAAcross 6: Jackson 5 coifs, informallyFROSAAcross 10: ___ lepton (subatomic particle)TAUAAcross 13: --STAGEAAcross 14: Hindu sun godRAVIAAcross 15: Insects that nest in deadwoodCARPAAcross 16: Jordanian tourist sitePETRAAAcross 17: Logician's "E"ERATAAcross 18: --ANTSAAcross 19: Big name in cosmeticsESTEEAAcross 21: Wheat whackerSCYTHEAAcross 23: Cleaning toolsDUSTERSAAcross 26: Professional who's often busy in Q2CPAAAcross 27: Cause of some spinning wheelsRUTAAcross 28: Collectors of DNACSISAAcross 29: Met peopleOPERASTARSAAcross 32: In sci-fi, it had the registry number NCC-1701USSAAcross 33: Short daggerSTILETTOAAcross 34: --PRISEAAcross 36: Like almost all of Turkey's flagREDAAcross 37: Key that moves the cursor to the next line ... or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzleENTERAAcross 41: Whom mentors mentorTRAINEESAAcross 44: One of the 12 female tributes in "The Hunger Games"RUEAAcross 45: Pheromone, notablyATTRACTANTAAcross 48: Real know-it-all?SIRIAAcross 49: Classic Scott Joplin ragTHEAAcross 50: They might be linked by LANsPCSAAcross 51: Literally, "big wind"TYPHOONAAcross 53: --TAINERAAcross 55: Actress Anouk of "La Dolce Vita"AIMEEAAcross 56: Teri Garr's role in "Young Frankenstein"INGAAAcross 57: ___ MinorURSAAAcross 59: Four people might compete in themSEMISAAcross 63: Fair gradesCEESAAcross 64: Indigo dye sourceANILAAcross 65: "Fowl"-tasting Japanese dishCHICKAAcross 66: Scammer's ID targetSSNAAcross 67: Highland youthLASSAAcross 68: --IYAKIDDown 1: Shortening in the kitchen?TSPDDown 2: DownedATEDDown 3: Actress Dennings of "2 Broke Girls"KATDDown 4: "Great" birdsEGRETSDDown 5: Order in a lawyer's letterCEASEDDown 6: Bohemian sortsFREESPIRITSDDown 7: ScarceRAREDDown 8: Ones going down the tubes?OVADDown 9: HoldsSITSPATDDown 10: Some Hindu meditative exercisesTANTRADDown 11: Last U.S. president who never had a vice presidentARTHURDDown 12: Some big sports storiesUPSETSDDown 15: Small, low islandCAYDDown 20: Home run ___ (baseball highlight)TROTDDown 22: Workers and soldiersCASTESDDown 23: Victoria's Secret specificationDCUPDDown 24: Country in a Beatles titleUSSRDDown 25: Assent in AndalusiaSISIDDown 26: Bona fidesCREDENTIALSDDown 30: First name on the Supreme CourtELENADDown 31: Style: Fr.TONDDown 33: Wear seen in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"SERAPEDDown 35: Symphony section: Abbr.STRDDown 38: Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g.TRIODDown 39: Bread common to many countriesEURODDown 40: Pull (in)REINDDown 42: Building of interest, maybeACCRUALDDown 43: Part of a dict. entryETYMDDown 45: Chest protectors?ATTICSDDown 46: Macbeth and MacduffTHANESDDown 47: Model ChrissyTEIGENDDown 48: Author Gail with biographies of Hillary Clinton and Mikhail GorbachevSHEEHYDDown 52: Joe of HollywoodPESCIDDown 54: Hip-hop artist with the #1 album "Hip Hop Is Dead"NASDDown 55: Sales caveatASISDDown 58: Messenger moleculeRNADDown 60: G.I. classificationMIADDown 61: ___ factorICKDDown 62: Compete in slopestyle, saySKI