NYT Crossword June 17, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Like Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, some say 7 8A App brought back by Microsoft in 2024 3 11A Swear 4 15A Disney film set in a fictional Colombian village 7 16A BEFORE (Deck 1): Slackers 8 18A Celebrity 7 19A Fast-paced scam, such as the shell game 8 20A BEFORE (Deck 2): PlayStation and Switch 8 22A Laterite, for example 3 23A Folkie DiFranco 3 24A Chills 5 26A "___ Recall" (1990 sci-fi film) 5 31A Jay who hosted the 2020s revival of "You Bet Your Life" 4 33A Wild European rabbit in Australia, e.g. 4 36A Beer buy 4 37A Join tightly 4 41A BEFORE (Deck 3): Quarry 8 43A Casino maneuvers carried out three times in this puzzle? 14 46A AFTER (Deck 3): Crucial moment in a tennis match 8 47A Osso ___ (veal dish) 4 48A "The Emperor's New Groove" setting 4 49A Blond, but not really 4 51A Many a discovery in the Valley of the Kings 4 55A Visit by plane 5 57A ___ With Friends 5 61A Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" 3 62A Telepathy, e.g. 3 65A AFTER (Deck 2): Noted quality of the Fonz 8 67A Geraldo Rivera uncovered his "vaults" on live TV 8 72A "___ the Day" (Thomas Pynchon's longest novel) 7 73A AFTER (Deck 1): Slackers 8 74A Was up the river 7 75A Awards achievement reached in 2026 by Steven Spielberg 4 76A Outdo 3 77A Rival of a Raven 7

Down

1D Paul who played William Shakespeare in "Hamnet" 6 2D Vocalize 6 3D Digitize, as a document 6 4D "Just What I Needed" band, with "the" 4 5D Disney+ series whose name sounds like a compound conjunction 5 6D Got via the "five-finger discount" 5 7D "The Complete Works of …" books, say 5 8D Booker T.'s backing band 3 9D Neighborhood mentioned in "Werewolves of London" 4 10D Former queen of Jordan 4 11D Portable bed 3 12D Mixed martial arts org. 3 13D Bay Area airport code 3 14D ID thief's target: Abbr. 3 17D Instrument ridge 4 21D Valvoline rival 3 25D Gathering, informally 4 27D Cat that's spotted in South America 6 28D It's on a roll 4 29D Sale caveat 4 30D Permitted to 3 32D Repelled 6 34D Scrapbook keepsake 4 35D Popcorn ___ (fried vegan treat) 4 38D Subject of a declassified Pentagon document, in brief 3 39D Averted a tag, maybe 4 40D Start of a counting-out rhyme 4 42D Lions and Bears are in it, in brief 3 43D Stagger 4 44D "Hey, doing my best" 4 45D Goulash, e.g. 4 46D UV blockage fig. 3 50D Medical moniker 3 52D Final score of at least 10% of professional soccer matches 6 53D "Glad I'm back?" 6 54D Thanksgiving kitchen tool 6 56D Research for a political hit, slangily 4 58D Map lines 5 59D Give minimum effort 5 60D British glam rock band of the 1970s 5 63D Lenient 4 64D 411 4 66D TV's Nick at ___ 4 67D Gray, say 3 68D Record 3 69D Bill's partner 3 70D Back at sea 3 71D "Ability" that's hard to believe, for short 3