New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 02/22/2026. The February 22 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Ease upABATE
- 6a Setting for a landscapeCANVAS
- 12a Like pickles, but not cucumbersACIDIC
- 18a Turn upLOCATE
- 20a If all goes perfectlyATBEST
- 21a Certain head jurorsFOREMEN
- 23a Like some 401(k) contributionsPRETAX
- 24a The Ten PlaguesDEATHONTHENILE
- 26a FreezeHALT
- 27a Bolo, e.g.TIE
- 29a Farmyard callBAA
- 30a Print-readyEDITED
- 31a Sodom and GomorrahATALEOFTWOCITIES
- 37a Literary fairy queenMAB
- 38a Outpouring of Pandora’s boxILLS
- 39a ErelongANON
- 40a Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr.FRI
- 41a Singsong syllableTRA
- 43a Season ticket holders, presumablyFANS
- 45a Shoofly dessertsPIES
- 46a Hopeless from the start, for shortDOA
- 48a Janis ___, “At Seventeen” singerIAN
- 49a Samson and DelilahDANGEROUSLIAISONS
- 55a Baseball Hall-of-Famer MelOTT
- 56a FixRIG
- 57a Calendar notation: Abbr.APPT
- 58a Diamond statsRBIS
- 59a Certain trig functionsSINES
- 61a So-called “Hollywood of the South”ATLANTA
- 64a Big name in bubblyMOET
- 65a Painter’s mediumOIL
- 66a Noah’s ArkWHERETHEWILDTHINGSARE
- 74a NonclericalLAY
- 75a Get the better ofLICK
- 76a Like Constantinople, in 1930RENAMED
- 77a Interior styleDECOR
- 80a Ballet bendPLIE
- 81a Europa, Ganymede or Callisto vis-à-vis JupiterMOON
- 83a The thirdIII
- 84a RuckusADO
- 85a Garden of EdenTHEAGEOFINNOCENCE
- 91a “Scrumdiddlyumptious!”MMM
- 92a Crew needOAR
- 93a Get the ___ (finally become aware)MEMO
- 94a Ingredient in some gelsALOE
- 95a Designated H.M.O. doctor, in briefPCP
- 96a Vintage film channelTCM
- 98a Letters on a crucifixINRI
- 99a Word with rabbit or allEARS
- 101a SullyMAR
- 103a Moses Parting the Red SeaTHEPRINCEOFTIDES
- 109a Rush uncontrolledlyCAREER
- 111a Most common last name in SomaliaALI
- 112a Pressure meas.PSI
- 113a It’s verbotenNONO
- 114a Jonah and the WhaleTHEGREATESCAPE
- 119a Title woman in a 1965 Beach Boys hitRHONDA
- 121a Took turnsROTATED
- 122a Brimless topperBEANIE
- 123a One bringing home the baconEARNER
- 124a Surprisingly enoughNOLESS
- 125a Bars, legallyESTOPS
- 126a FollowsHEEDS
- Down
- 1d Leader of the packALPHA
- 2d 2006 mockumentary about a Kazakh journalistBORAT
- 3d High-speed travel optionACELA
- 4d Squealer’s activityTATTLING
- 5d H, to HeraETA
- 6d West PointerCADET
- 7d Thoroughly enjoyed, with “up”ATE
- 8d Org. with the Nuggets and NetsNBA
- 9d ScreenVET
- 10d Rubbish receptacleASHBIN
- 11d Weasel with a black-tipped tailSTOAT
- 12d Where the coxswain sitsAFT
- 13d UnityCOHESION
- 14d In a furyIRED
- 15d Blue materialDENIM
- 16d CounterfeitIMITATION
- 17d Whoop it upCELEBRATE
- 19d GlorifyEXTOL
- 22d ___ Stark, “Game of Thrones” patriarchNED
- 25d Gullible sortNAIF
- 28d HypotheticalsIFS
- 32d BesidesELSE
- 33d Part of a trunkWAIST
- 34d First-year law student, informallyONEL
- 35d “___ Fan Tutte”COSI
- 36d Mathematician PaulERDOS
- 42d ___ on a log (celery-stick snack studded with raisins)ANTS
- 43d ConfidenceFAITH
- 44d What may be right but not left?ANGLE
- 45d New Yorkie, sayPUP
- 47d DelegateASSIGN
- 49d Pull to openDRAW
- 50d DilapidatedRATTY
- 51d MoonfishOPAH
- 52d Yankees nickname until 2016AROD
- 53d “My eye!”IBET
- 54d Wielder of a red lightsaberSITH
- 60d “Casablanca” roleILSA
- 62d Folk singer GuthrieARLO
- 63d ApproachingNEARTO
- 64d 1964’s Nobel Peace laureate, for shortMLK
- 65d Common bridge bid, informallyONENO
- 67d Spanish “she”ELLA
- 68d Kristen of “Bridesmaids”WIIG
- 69d Slushy brandICEE
- 70d PressIRON
- 71d Protein-building acid, informallyAMINO
- 72d Treat again, as a sprainREICE
- 73d Actress FalcoEDIE
- 77d ClammyDAMP
- 78d “Heeere’s Johnny!” announcerEDMCMAHON
- 79d Measure againstCOMPARETO
- 80d Tree branch or power line, for a birdPERCH
- 81d One making an impression?MIMIC
- 82d Woman honored in John Lennon’s “Woman”ONO
- 86d Where boaters hang with bowlersHATTREES
- 87d Hyatt alternativeOMNI
- 88d Spore-producing plantFERN
- 89d Transport (around)CART
- 90d Castle in “Hamlet”ELSINORE
- 97d Heart of the matterMEAT
- 98d Subject for van GoghIRISES
- 99d Aurora’s counterpart in Greek mythologyEOS
- 100d LitAFIRE
- 102d Big name in movie theatersREGAL
- 104d First-year West PointerPLEBE
- 105d Olympic bladesEPEES
- 106d “No man is an island” writerDONNE
- 107d Was overENDED
- 108d Glides highSOARS
- 109d Middle: Abbr.CTR
- 110d Noted Art Deco designerERTE
- 115d Sponsored spotsADS
- 116d Persian or AbyssinianCAT
- 117d Enero a diciembreANO
- 118d Domino dotPIP
- 120d “Yeah, right!”HAH