NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 17, 2026

Complete answer list for the June 17, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jonathan RaksinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 16×1583 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Like Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, some say ↗MISCAST
  2. 8App brought back by Microsoft in 2024 ↗MSN
  3. 11Swear ↗CUSS
  4. 15Disney film set in a fictional Colombian village ↗ENCANTO
  5. 16BEFORE (Deck 1): Slackers ↗GOOFOFFS
  6. 18Celebrity ↗STARDOM
  7. 19Fast-paced scam, such as the shell game ↗SHORTCON
  8. 20BEFORE (Deck 2): PlayStation and Switch ↗CONSOLES
  9. 22Laterite, for example ↗ORE
  10. 23Folkie DiFranco ↗ANI
  11. 24Chills ↗RESTS
  12. 26"___ Recall" (1990 sci-fi film) ↗TOTAL
  13. 31Jay who hosted the 2020s revival of "You Bet Your Life" ↗LENO
  14. 33Wild European rabbit in Australia, e.g. ↗PEST
  15. 36Beer buy ↗CASE
  16. 37Join tightly ↗FUSE
  17. 41BEFORE (Deck 3): Quarry ↗STONEPIT
  18. 43Casino maneuvers carried out three times in this puzzle? ↗RIFFLESHUFFLES
  19. 46AFTER (Deck 3): Crucial moment in a tennis match ↗SETPOINT
  20. 47Osso ___ (veal dish) ↗BUCO
  21. 48"The Emperor's New Groove" setting ↗PERU
  22. 49Blond, but not really ↗DYED
  23. 51Many a discovery in the Valley of the Kings ↗TOMB
  24. 55Visit by plane ↗FLYTO
  25. 57___ With Friends ↗WORDS
  26. 61Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" ↗NIA
  27. 62Telepathy, e.g. ↗PSI
  28. 65AFTER (Deck 2): Noted quality of the Fonz ↗COOLNESS
  29. 67Geraldo Rivera uncovered his "vaults" on live TV ↗ALCAPONE
  30. 72"___ the Day" (Thomas Pynchon's longest novel) ↗AGAINST
  31. 73AFTER (Deck 1): Slackers ↗GOOFOFFS
  32. 74Was up the river ↗DIDTIME
  33. 75Awards achievement reached in 2026 by Steven Spielberg ↗EGOT
  34. 76Outdo ↗TOP
  35. 77Rival of a Raven ↗STEELER

Down 48

  1. 1Paul who played William Shakespeare in "Hamnet" ↗MESCAL
  2. 2Vocalize ↗INTONE
  3. 3Digitize, as a document ↗SCANIN
  4. 4"Just What I Needed" band, with "the" ↗CARS
  5. 5Disney+ series whose name sounds like a compound conjunction ↗ANDOR
  6. 6Got via the "five-finger discount" ↗STOLE
  7. 7"The Complete Works of …" books, say ↗TOMES
  8. 8Booker T.'s backing band ↗MGS
  9. 9Neighborhood mentioned in "Werewolves of London" ↗SOHO
  10. 10Former queen of Jordan ↗NOOR
  11. 11Portable bed ↗COT
  12. 12Mixed martial arts org. ↗UFC
  13. 13Bay Area airport code ↗SFO
  14. 14ID thief's target: Abbr. ↗SSN
  15. 17Instrument ridge ↗FRET
  16. 21Valvoline rival ↗STP
  17. 25Gathering, informally ↗SESH
  18. 27Cat that's spotted in South America ↗OCELOT
  19. 28It's on a roll ↗TAPE
  20. 29Sale caveat ↗ASIS
  21. 30Permitted to ↗LET
  22. 32Repelled ↗OFFPUT
  23. 34Scrapbook keepsake ↗STUB
  24. 35Popcorn ___ (fried vegan treat) ↗TOFU
  25. 38Subject of a declassified Pentagon document, in brief ↗UFO
  26. 39Averted a tag, maybe ↗SLID
  27. 40Start of a counting-out rhyme ↗EENY
  28. 42Lions and Bears are in it, in brief ↗NFC
  29. 43Stagger ↗REEL
  30. 44"Hey, doing my best" ↗ITRY
  31. 45Goulash, e.g. ↗STEW
  32. 46UV blockage fig. ↗SPF
  33. 50Medical moniker ↗DOC
  34. 52Final score of at least 10% of professional soccer matches ↗ONENIL
  35. 53"Glad I'm back?" ↗MISSME
  36. 54Thanksgiving kitchen tool ↗BASTER
  37. 56Research for a political hit, slangily ↗OPPO
  38. 58Map lines ↗ROADS
  39. 59Give minimum effort ↗DOGIT
  40. 60British glam rock band of the 1970s ↗SLADE
  41. 63Lenient ↗SOFT
  42. 64411 ↗INFO
  43. 66TV's Nick at ___ ↗NITE
  44. 67Gray, say ↗AGE
  45. 68Record ↗LOG
  46. 69Bill's partner ↗COO
  47. 70Back at sea ↗AFT
  48. 71"Ability" that's hard to believe, for short ↗ESP