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NYT Crossword June 17 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated June 17 2026

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Every answer from the Wednesday, June 17 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Like Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, some say7 lettersSee answer ›8App brought back by Microsoft in 20243 lettersSee answer ›11Swear4 lettersSee answer ›15Disney film set in a fictional Colombian village7 lettersSee answer ›16BEFORE (Deck 1): Slackers8 lettersSee answer ›18Celebrity7 lettersSee answer ›19Fast-paced scam, such as the shell game8 lettersSee answer ›20BEFORE (Deck 2): PlayStation and Switch8 lettersSee answer ›22Laterite, for example3 lettersSee answer ›23Folkie DiFranco3 lettersSee answer ›24Chills5 lettersSee answer ›26"___ Recall" (1990 sci-fi film)5 lettersSee answer ›31Jay who hosted the 2020s revival of "You Bet Your Life"4 lettersSee answer ›33Wild European rabbit in Australia, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›36Beer buy4 lettersSee answer ›37Join tightly4 lettersSee answer ›41BEFORE (Deck 3): Quarry8 lettersSee answer ›43Casino maneuvers carried out three times in this puzzle?14 lettersSee answer ›46AFTER (Deck 3): Crucial moment in a tennis match8 lettersSee answer ›47Osso ___ (veal dish)4 lettersSee answer ›48"The Emperor's New Groove" setting4 lettersSee answer ›49Blond, but not really4 lettersSee answer ›51Many a discovery in the Valley of the Kings4 lettersSee answer ›55Visit by plane5 lettersSee answer ›57___ With Friends5 lettersSee answer ›61Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"3 lettersSee answer ›62Telepathy, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›65AFTER (Deck 2): Noted quality of the Fonz8 lettersSee answer ›67Geraldo Rivera uncovered his "vaults" on live TV8 lettersSee answer ›72"___ the Day" (Thomas Pynchon's longest novel)7 lettersSee answer ›73AFTER (Deck 1): Slackers8 lettersSee answer ›74Was up the river7 lettersSee answer ›75Awards achievement reached in 2026 by Steven Spielberg4 lettersSee answer ›76Outdo3 lettersSee answer ›77Rival of a Raven7 lettersSee answer ›

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1Paul who played William Shakespeare in "Hamnet"6 lettersSee answer ›2Vocalize6 lettersSee answer ›3Digitize, as a document6 lettersSee answer ›4"Just What I Needed" band, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›5Disney+ series whose name sounds like a compound conjunction5 lettersSee answer ›6Got via the "five-finger discount"5 lettersSee answer ›7"The Complete Works of …" books, say5 lettersSee answer ›8Booker T.'s backing band3 lettersSee answer ›9Neighborhood mentioned in "Werewolves of London"4 lettersSee answer ›10Former queen of Jordan4 lettersSee answer ›11Portable bed3 lettersSee answer ›12Mixed martial arts org.3 lettersSee answer ›13Bay Area airport code3 lettersSee answer ›14ID thief's target: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›17Instrument ridge4 lettersSee answer ›21Valvoline rival3 lettersSee answer ›25Gathering, informally4 lettersSee answer ›27Cat that's spotted in South America6 lettersSee answer ›28It's on a roll4 lettersSee answer ›29Sale caveat4 lettersSee answer ›30Permitted to3 lettersSee answer ›32Repelled6 lettersSee answer ›34Scrapbook keepsake4 lettersSee answer ›35Popcorn ___ (fried vegan treat)4 lettersSee answer ›38Subject of a declassified Pentagon document, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›39Averted a tag, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›40Start of a counting-out rhyme4 lettersSee answer ›42Lions and Bears are in it, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›43Stagger4 lettersSee answer ›44"Hey, doing my best"4 lettersSee answer ›45Goulash, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›46UV blockage fig.3 lettersSee answer ›50Medical moniker3 lettersSee answer ›52Final score of at least 10% of professional soccer matches6 lettersSee answer ›53"Glad I'm back?"6 lettersSee answer ›54Thanksgiving kitchen tool6 lettersSee answer ›56Research for a political hit, slangily4 lettersSee answer ›58Map lines5 lettersSee answer ›59Give minimum effort5 lettersSee answer ›60British glam rock band of the 1970s5 lettersSee answer ›63Lenient4 lettersSee answer ›644114 lettersSee answer ›66TV's Nick at ___4 lettersSee answer ›67Gray, say3 lettersSee answer ›68Record3 lettersSee answer ›69Bill's partner3 lettersSee answer ›70Back at sea3 lettersSee answer ›71"Ability" that's hard to believe, for short3 lettersSee answer ›