Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, June 17, 2026 features 83 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "RIFFLESHUFFLES".
Total Clues
83
Longest
RIFFLESHUFFLES
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
MSN
Featured Clue
"Casino maneuvers carried out three times in this puzzle?"
14 Letters
RIFFLESHUFFLES
ALLComplete Solution List
Like Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, some say
7MISCAST
App brought back by Microsoft in 2024
3MSN
Swear
4CUSS
Disney film set in a fictional Colombian village
7ENCANTO
BEFORE (Deck 1): Slackers
8GOOFOFFS
Celebrity
7STARDOM
Fast-paced scam, such as the shell game
8SHORTCON
BEFORE (Deck 2): PlayStation and Switch
8CONSOLES
Laterite, for example
3ORE
Folkie DiFranco
3ANI
Chills
5RESTS
"___ Recall" (1990 sci-fi film)
5TOTAL
Jay who hosted the 2020s revival of "You Bet Your Life"
4LENO
Wild European rabbit in Australia, e.g.
4PEST
Beer buy
4CASE
Join tightly
4FUSE
BEFORE (Deck 3): Quarry
8STONEPIT
Casino maneuvers carried out three times in this puzzle?
14RIFFLESHUFFLES
AFTER (Deck 3): Crucial moment in a tennis match
8SETPOINT
Osso ___; veal dish
4BUCO
"The Emperor's New Groove" setting
4PERU
Blond, but not really
4DYED
Many a discovery in the Valley of the Kings
4TOMB
Visit by plane
5FLYTO
___ With Friends
5WORDS
Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
3NIA
Telepathy, e.g.
3PSI
AFTER (Deck 2): Noted quality of the Fonz
8COOLNESS
Geraldo Rivera uncovered his "vaults" on live TV
8ALCAPONE
"___ the Day" (Thomas Pynchon's longest novel)
7AGAINST
AFTER (Deck 1): Slackers
8GOOFOFFS
Was up the river
7DIDTIME
Awards achievement reached in 2026 by Steven Spielberg
4EGOT
Outdo
3TOP
Rival of a Raven
7STEELER
Paul who played William Shakespeare in "Hamnet"
6MESCAL
Vocalize
6INTONE
Digitize, as a document
6SCANIN
"Just What I Needed" band, with "the"
4CARS
Disney+ series whose name sounds like a compound conjunction
5ANDOR
Got via the "five-finger discount"
5STOLE
"The Complete Works of ..." books, say
5TOMES
Booker T.'s backing band
3MGS
Neighborhood mentioned in "Werewolves of London"
4SOHO
Former queen of Jordan
4NOOR
Portable bed
3COT
Mixed martial arts org.
3UFC
Bay Area airport code
3SFO
ID thief's target: Abbr.
3SSN
Instrument ridge
4FRET
Valvoline rival
3STP
Gathering, informally
4SESH
Cat that's spotted in South America
6OCELOT
It's on a roll
4TAPE
Sale caveat
4ASIS
Permitted to
3LET
Repelled.
6OFFPUT
Scrapbook keepsake
4STUB
Popcorn ___ (fried vegan treat)
4TOFU
Subject of a declassified Pentagon document, in brief
3UFO
Averted a tag, maybe
4SLID
Start of a counting-out rhyme
4EENY
Lions and Bears are in it, in brief
3NFC
Stagger
4REEL
"Hey, doing my best"
4ITRY
Goulash, e.g.
4STEW
UV blockage fig.
3SPF
Medical moniker
3DOC
Final score of at least 10% of professional soccer matches
6ONENIL
Glad I'm back?
6MISSME
Thanksgiving kitchen tool
6BASTER
Research for a political hit, slangily
4OPPO
Map lines
5ROADS
Give minimum effort
5DOGIT
British glam rock band of the 1970s
5SLADE
Lenient
4SOFT
411
4INFO
TV's Nick at ___
4NITE
Gray, say
3AGE
Record
3LOG
Bill's partner
3COO
Back at sea
3AFT
"Ability" that's hard to believe, for short
3ESP