New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 02/18/2026. The February 18 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Genre for James Brown or Al Green, informallyRANDB
- 6a Biblical name for SyriaARAM
- 10a International agreementsPACTS
- 15a “That’s ___” (Dean Martin classic)AMORE
- 16a Plumb madLOCO
- 17a Ancient Greek marketplaceAGORA
- 18a Dwindled awayPETEREDOUT
- 20a ___ Aran, heroine of Nintendo’s MetroidSAMUS
- 21a ???SIGNSOFTHETIMES
- 23a Gullible oneSAP
- 24a Pepper that’s two steps above poblano on the Scoville scaleSERRANO
- 25a Irritated outburstGAH
- 28a Carnaval city, informallyRIO
- 30a Smallish batteriesAAS
- 31a Reservoir producerDAM
- 34a BountyABUNDANCE
- 38a Favorable starting point of an auto racePOLE
- 39a ???SYMBOLICGESTURES
- 43a The Farm Service Agcy. is part of itUSDA
- 44a Some wand wieldersSORCERERS
- 45a Trident-shaped letterPSI
- 46a QB’s callHUT
- 49a Write “their” for “there,” sayERR
- 50a Slopping spotSTY
- 51a Offensively odorousNOISOME
- 55a Noted wildlife refugeARK
- 57a ?????FIGURESOFSPEECH
- 62a Cara of “Fame” fameIRENE
- 63a Digital captureSCREENSHOT
- 65a Enchantress of Greek mythologyCIRCE
- 66a Popular D.I.Y. websiteEHOW
- 67a Go afterCHASE
- 68a NincompoopsASSES
- 69a RacketsDINS
- 70a Reduced to crumbs, sayEATEN
- Down
- 1d What a fall guy has to take, with “the”RAP
- 2d Home of the Big 12’s CyclonesAMES
- 3d Terse denialNOTI
- 4d RemainsDREGS
- 5d Leader of the Sharks in “West Side Story”BERNARDO
- 6d Gucci of fashionALDO
- 7d Locales for some urban gardensROOFS
- 8d Like the accents in “déclassé”ACUTE
- 9d Godzilla foeMOTHRA
- 10d Elbows and bow tiesPASTAS
- 11d Once moreAGAIN
- 12d Best-selling home computers of the 1980sCOMMODORES
- 13d On the moneyTRUE
- 14d FreshnessSASS
- 19d ObservationESPIAL
- 22d It might be a stretch for historiansERA
- 25d Fill an automobile tank ? or boost the confidence of, in slangGASUP
- 26d Deep chasmABYSS
- 27d PipsHUMDINGERS
- 29d Demon of Japanese folkloreONI
- 32d On guardALERT
- 33d Like some buns and bedroomsMESSY
- 35d Org. for Wizards and MagicNBA
- 36d Includes, in a wayCCS
- 37d One of the “six enemies of the mind,” in HinduismEGO
- 38d Big name in water filtersPUR
- 40d Old-fashioned word that’s a homophone of 49-AcrossERE
- 41d Distressing encounterSCRAPE
- 42d ___ Howard, Oscar-nominated actor for 2005’s “Hustle & Flow”TERRENCE
- 46d New workmatesHIREES
- 47d ManipulateUSE
- 48d CastTOSSED
- 52d Meager measure of compassion?OUNCE
- 53d Traditional rice cake snack on Japanese New YearMOCHI
- 54d Actor Zac of “High School Musical”EFRON
- 56d Singer with the 2009 #1 hit “Tik Tok”KESHA
- 57d Acronym on a W-2FICA
- 58d Bluish-purple bloomIRIS
- 59d Wraps (up)SEWS
- 60d Tête-à-têteCHAT
- 61d Firefighting aidHOSE
- 64d XTEN