New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 02/26/2026. The February 26 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a 8′ 4″CINCHES
- 8a 250,000 sheetsDREAMS
- 14a Short piece of classical musicSONATINA
- 15a Accessory for SpongeBob SquarePantsREDTIE
- 16a Long-tongued animalANTEATER
- 17a Laudanum, e.g.OPIATE
- 18a Calif. M.L.B. team, on scoreboardsLAA
- 19a HappeningAFOOT
- 21a Collectively, the reigns of all English monarchs named GeorgeVIKINGSHIPS
- 26a Grill, informallyBBQ
- 29a Bit of mining equipmentORECART
- 30a It’s not prettyEYESORE
- 32a Walt Disney’s middle nameELIAS
- 34a Like a plane, informallyTWOD
- 35a System in which XL is smaller than L ? or a hint to interpreting
the answers to the italicized cluesROMANNUMERALS - 40a MalarkeyJIVE
- 41a “Stompin’ at the ___” (Benny Goodman standard)SAVOY
- 42a “Based on my research ?”ICANSAY
- 46a ___ Romanoff a.k.a. Black WidowNATASHA
- 50a Vibe (with)GEL
- 51a Superhuman strength, mind-reading, invisibility and four dozen other powersLIABILITIES
- 53a VexingPESKY
- 54a Title for a certain union member?MRS
- 55a Like cats and dogsPLURAL
- 58a Stall, e.g.GAINTIME
- 63a Charge, in a wayIONIZE
- 64a Loose, as floorboardsUNNAILED
- 65a ??????????XBOXES
- 66a Total on a chiliagonMANGLES
- Down
- 1d Nicolas Cage film set on a planeCONAIR
- 2d Amount measured in caloriesINTAKE
- 3d Highland refusalNAE
- 4d Org. that runs the “L”CTA
- 5d Alternative to a walkHIT
- 6d 67.5 deg. on a compassENE
- 7d ___ Connor, the Terminator’s target in “The Terminator”SARAH
- 8d WiltedDROOPY
- 9d Peaceful stateREPOSE
- 10d Make some alterationsEDIT
- 11d ___ minimumATA
- 12d Cambridge sch.MIT
- 13d GetSEE
- 14d Sudden attackSALVO
- 20d “Bah!”FIE
- 22d Workers who sing the opening number in “Frozen”ICEMEN
- 23d Queen of the Pride LandsNALA
- 24d Friendly lookGRIN
- 25d Ending of seven country namesSTAN
- 26d Poke ___BOWL
- 27d DudesBROS
- 28d End of a proofQED
- 31d Patronize, as an AirbnbSTAYAT
- 33d Questionable, in slangSUS
- 35d Side dish eaten with curryRICE
- 36d Roundish, sayOVAL
- 37d Salon job, informallyMANI
- 38d Assessment, informallyEVAL
- 39d Side dish eaten with curryROTI
- 40d Some fancy footworkJIG
- 43d DirtbagSLEAZE
- 44d Parts of navesAISLES
- 45d Animal in some traditional Tibetan racesYAK
- 47d Like a fish out of water, e.g.SIMILE
- 48d Mercury’s mythological counterpartHERMES
- 49d Half-___ (subpar, in slang)ASSED
- 52d “Dagnabbit!”BYGUM
- 53d Grand ___PRIX
- 55d Shots, informallyPIX
- 56d Toss up?LOB
- 57d One, south of the borderUNO
- 59d “Ballerina” star ___ de ArmasANA
- 60d You can stop right there!INN
- 61d Remind too oftenNAG
- 62d Up toTIL