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The New York Times · Daily · Wednesday, June 17, 2026 · Jonathan Raksin
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Like Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, some say
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Across
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Like Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, some say
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Reveal
Clear
Across
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Like Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, some say
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App brought back by Microsoft in 2024
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Swear
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Disney film set in a fictional Colombian village
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BEFORE (Deck 1): Slackers
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Celebrity
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Fast-paced scam, such as the shell game
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BEFORE (Deck 2): PlayStation and Switch
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Laterite, for example
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Folkie DiFranco
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Chills
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"___ Recall" (1990 sci-fi film)
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Jay who hosted the 2020s revival of "You Bet Your Life"
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Wild European rabbit in Australia, e.g.
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Beer buy
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Join tightly
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BEFORE (Deck 3): Quarry
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Casino maneuvers carried out three times in this puzzle?
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AFTER (Deck 3): Crucial moment in a tennis match
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Osso ___ (veal dish)
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"The Emperor's New Groove" setting
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Blond, but not really
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Many a discovery in the Valley of the Kings
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Visit by plane
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___ With Friends
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Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
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Telepathy, e.g.
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AFTER (Deck 2): Noted quality of the Fonz
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Geraldo Rivera uncovered his "vaults" on live TV
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"___ the Day" (Thomas Pynchon's longest novel)
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AFTER (Deck 1): Slackers
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Was up the river
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Awards achievement reached in 2026 by Steven Spielberg
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Outdo
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Rival of a Raven
Down
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Paul who played William Shakespeare in "Hamnet"
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Vocalize
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Digitize, as a document
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"Just What I Needed" band, with "the"
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Disney+ series whose name sounds like a compound conjunction
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Got via the "five-finger discount"
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"The Complete Works of …" books, say
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Booker T.'s backing band
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Neighborhood mentioned in "Werewolves of London"
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Former queen of Jordan
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Portable bed
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Mixed martial arts org.
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Bay Area airport code
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ID thief's target: Abbr.
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Instrument ridge
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Valvoline rival
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Gathering, informally
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Cat that's spotted in South America
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It's on a roll
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Sale caveat
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Permitted to
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Repelled
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Scrapbook keepsake
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Popcorn ___ (fried vegan treat)
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Subject of a declassified Pentagon document, in brief
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Averted a tag, maybe
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Start of a counting-out rhyme
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Lions and Bears are in it, in brief
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Stagger
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"Hey, doing my best"
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Goulash, e.g.
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UV blockage fig.
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Medical moniker
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Final score of at least 10% of professional soccer matches
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"Glad I'm back?"
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Thanksgiving kitchen tool
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Research for a political hit, slangily
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Map lines
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Give minimum effort
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British glam rock band of the 1970s
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Lenient
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411
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TV's Nick at ___
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Gray, say
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Record
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Bill's partner
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Back at sea
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"Ability" that's hard to believe, for short