New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 02/23/2026. The February 23 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a BuffoonsBOZOS
- 6a Paula of “American Idol”ABDUL
- 11a Final use for an old T-shirtRAG
- 14a EnragedIRATE
- 15a What “my guitar gently” does, in a classic George Harrison songWEEPS
- 16a Mesozoic or PaleozoicERA
- 17a Home for a single guyBACHELORPAD
- 19a Animation sheetCEL
- 20a Hole for threading a laceEYELET
- 21a ___ fide (genuine)BONA
- 22a “Please like and subscribe” and the like, on YouTube videosOUTROS
- 25a Dr. Seuss book with the quote “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”THELORAX
- 28a ___ TodayUSA
- 29a Kind of computer portUSB
- 31a Like the smell of treesWOODSY
- 32a Showed againRERAN
- 34a Zoom pastRACEBY
- 37a Psychotherapy switcheroos … or what are hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across?ROLEREVERSALS
- 41a Text on a red, white and blue stickerIVOTED
- 42a Gender-neutral possessiveTHEIR
- 44a Ran afterCHASED
- 47a Opposite of WNWESE
- 49a To and ___FRO
- 50a Time machine car in “Back to the Future”DELOREAN
- 53a Made a grand speechORATED
- 55a Brother of AbelCAIN
- 56a Times between dusk and dawnNIGHTS
- 58a Had lunch, sayATE
- 59a Fruit with a “bellybutton”NAVELORANGE
- 64a What planets revolve aroundSUN
- 65a How often the time is 12:00 each dayTWICE
- 66a DecorateADORN
- 67a Mini-albumsEPS
- 68a ___ of TroyHELEN
- 69a Sat for a portraitPOSED
- Down
- 1d Accessory for a baby in a highchairBIB
- 2d British singer RitaORA
- 3d Efron of “The Greatest Showman”ZAC
- 4d Last multiple-choice option, oftenOTHER
- 5d Rude goodbye to an enemySEEYOUNEVER
- 6d Soldier who has failed to reportAWOL
- 7d Military capBERET
- 8d One of the three dimensionsDEPTH
- 9d Kick ___ fussUPA
- 10d Counterculture drug, in briefLSD
- 11d 4.75 seconds to assemble a Mr. Potato Head, per GuinnessRECORD
- 12d Concert venuesARENAS
- 13d Milky Way, e.g.GALAXY
- 18d Not as muchLESS
- 21d “I crushed it!!!”BOOYAH
- 22d Not just myOUR
- 23d ___-friendlyUSER
- 24d Root used in making poiTARO
- 26d Large jugEWER
- 27d Cage for crustaceansLOBSTERTRAP
- 30d “American Psycho” author ___ Easton EllisBRET
- 33d Cartoonist BechdelALISON
- 35d Mass ___ (Boston thoroughfare)AVE
- 36d Give upCEDE
- 38d Was a passengerRODE
- 39d Democrats and Socialists, with “the”LEFT
- 40d FatherSIRE
- 43d Axle, e.g.ROD
- 44d Jewel boxCDCASE
- 45d Start to escalateHEATUP
- 46d ExtraterrestrialsALIENS
- 48d London theater districtSOHO
- 51d Object hitting people’s heads in old cartoonsANVIL
- 52d Sibling’s daughterNIECE
- 54d South American barbecueASADO
- 57d ValleyGLEN
- 59d High degreeNTH
- 60d Response to seeing an aurora, maybeAWE
- 61d RejectionsNOS
- 62d College sr.’s testGRE
- 63d 63-Down, in this puzzleEND