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Daily Crossword — Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Daily Crossword - Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Theme: Colors & Appearance

Difficulty: Easy

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Across

6.Part of the UK (4)
10.An ascetic: var. (4)
14.Playground sight (5)
15.Shoe size (4)
16.Black: Comb. form. (4)
17.Enlarging. (10)
19.Don't mess with __-Between (4)
20.___ Coliseum, home to the Athletics (3)
21.Ruh ___! (Scooby-Doo gulp) (3)
22.Pretty ___ (Dua Lipa banger) (6)
24.___ Pasco, high city of Peru. (7)
26.Ship weights: Abbr. (4)
27.School worker: Abbr. (3)
28.SOME SOFT GLOVES (8)
32.Precedes (5)
35.Dowses (4)
36.Clean-smelling cleaner (4)
37.The Tao of Pooh author Benjamin (4)
38.Battle town, ancient Phrygia. (5)
39.Baritone Hawkins (4)
40.It may be peddled (abbr.) (4)
41.Section of U.S.: Abbr. (4)
42.End of the "Stepquote." (5)
43.Deem to be (8)
45.Civil rights activist with a Ph.D. from B.U. (3)
46.Asian people (4)
47.Feel fine, no problems! (7)
54.T-shirt size, on a tee (3)
55.Shoe width (3)
56.One of the Upanishads. (4)
57.Like the eye of a hurricane (10)
61.___ Hopkins, Continental Navy leader (4)
62.French saint (4)
63.TV doctor Sanjay (5)
64.Charge ____ for services rendered (4)
65.Jolly Roger, for one (4)
66.Consider maybe ...? (5)
1.Number of blind mice or little pigs
51.Went over to the other side, in a way

Down

1.Aptly, Hollywood locale (5)
2.Famed Time-Life signature (5)
3.Severity (5)
4.that beep beep beep music, per us (3)
5.Playground item (7)
6.__ Extra-Terrestrial (5)
7.one of the protagonists of "avenger." no, i didn't mistype that haha. because i didn't mean "the avengers," like the marvel thing. that's too mainstream for me. no, i meant "avenger" like the anime because i, ardian powell, am a weeb. also, if you steal and then rearrange a couple letters in "anime" you'll get her name. (3)
8.From a country between Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone (3)
9.Lower-body exercise on a machine (8)
10.U.S. president, when on "Dancing With the Stars"? (11)
11.Norwegian river (4)
12.Spanish cubist painter (4)
13.Skye on film (4)
18.Knot, in Napoli (4)
23.West Point grads (3)
25.Prize at a plumbers' fund-raiser (11)
26.__ intended (5)
28.Prescribed amounts (5)
29.Insecure creator Rae (4)
30.___ is not! (playground retort) (4)
31.B. Crocker rival (4)
32.Karmann __ ('60s auto) (4)
33.Some offspring (4)
34.Ones sharing a long Snapstreak, perhaps (4)
35.Units of a humane group: Abbr. (5)
38.Less than (8)
42.Explore à la an aging Captain Kirk? (7)
44.Chinese envoy to U. S., 1921–29. (3)
45.DCX x V (4)
47.Of Thee ____ (5)
48.Low tides (5)
49.Actress Burke (5)
50....rosebuds while __ (5)
51.__ yellow ribbon ... (4)
52.Defense Dept. unit since 2019 (4)
53.Former president of 26D (4)
58.Funeral speech: abbr. (3)
59.Citizen X star Stephen (3)
60.Mean mongrel (3)

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About This Colors & Appearance Crossword

Today's crossword puzzle from Tuesday, June 23, 2026 features a Colors & Appearance theme with 78 words (39 across, 39 down).

Paint your puzzle with clues about colors, visual aesthetics, beauty, and everything that meets the eye in our colorful world.

Easy Difficulty (2 stars):

This 2-star puzzle offers a gentle introduction to crossword solving with straightforward clues and common vocabulary. Perfect for beginners or a relaxing challenge.

June 2026 Crossword Archive

This Colors & Appearance crossword puzzle was published on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 as part of our daily crossword series. Each day brings a new theme and fresh challenges for crossword enthusiasts.

Puzzle Statistics:
  • • Grid size: 15x15
  • • Total words: 78
  • • Across clues: 39
  • • Down clues: 39
  • • Theme: Colors & Appearance
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  • • Look for theme-related words that might span multiple answers
  • • Consider specialized vocabulary common to colors & appearance
  • • Use crossing letters to confirm unfamiliar terms
  • • Think about synonyms and alternative meanings within the theme

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