New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 02/28/2026. The February 28 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Set unambitious goalsAIMLOW
- 7a One playing beerball, perhapsFRATBOY
- 14a Tolkien ring bearerSMEAGOL
- 16a Precious personDEARONE
- 17a Phrase you might say while pointing at a photographTHATSME
- 18a Goes against the rule?REVOLTS
- 19a Musical set in Alphabet CityRENT
- 20a Term of endearment appropriated from 9-DownBAE
- 22a Part of a Blues Brothers outfitFEDORA
- 23a Animated friend of Sebastian the crabARIEL
- 25a Some arm muscles, informallyTRIS
- 27a Cassiterite is a source of itTIN
- 28a Robert Frost’s middle nameLEE
- 29a ___ Allen Express, Amtrak train from New York City to Burlington, Vt.ETHAN
- 31a Innermost moon of NeptuneNAIAD
- 33a Pressure gauge?STRESSLEVEL
- 35a Past, colloquiallyBEFORETIMES
- 36a Symbols used to group blocks of computer codeCURLYBRACES
- 37a Was on the sidelinesSATBY
- 38a BreathlessnessAPNEA
- 39a Polynesian staplePOI
- 42a Not mainstream, as some music genresALT
- 43a FussFRET
- 44a Weakens, as an overly strong character, in video game lingoNERFS
- 46a Angora fabricMOHAIR
- 49a UtmostNTH
- 51a ___ Tung, star of cable TV’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty”LOLA
- 52a Did a bedtime taskBRUSHED
- 54a Modern banking convenienceAUTOPAY
- 56a Musical sample added for excitementAIRHORN
- 57a Animals in an early-2000s virtual fadNEOPETS
- 58a Entered againRETYPED
- 59a One might play at homeSTEREO
- Down
- 1d Kind of projectionASTRAL
- 2d Call at a roll callIMHERE
- 3d Big jerkMEANIE
- 4d Drink often sippedLATTE
- 5d Rap pioneers, slangilyOGS
- 6d Space to develop as a person?WOMB
- 7d In brief, to whom Grover Cleveland once said “I am making a strange wish for you … that you may never be president of the United States”FDR
- 8d School houses?REEFS
- 9d Dialect that is responsible for a large majority of Gen Z slangAAVE
- 10d Put one’s foot downTROD
- 11d Decorative items worn at Western galasBOLOTIES
- 12d Like defendants at courtONTRIAL
- 13d Principle of improv comedyYESAND
- 15d Gay nightlife spot with a dress requirementLEATHERBAR
- 21d Error correction toolERASERPEN
- 24d Uncork, so to speakLETFLY
- 26d Body bronzerINSTANTTAN
- 30d ___ Story (punny nickname for the “Iliad”)TROY
- 31d Like the lion killed by HerculesNEMEAN
- 32d Scientific classification for birdsAVES
- 33d Tesla, for oneSERB
- 34d Affliction treated with a nit combLICE
- 35d Acting like a sore loser, informallyBUTTHURT
- 36d ___ counterCALORIE
- 37d South Indian lentil stewSAMBAR
- 39d Following etiquettePROPER
- 40d RecentlyOFLATE
- 41d Declaration after “because”ISAYSO
- 43d French relativeFRERE
- 45d Skip the ceremony, sayELOPE
- 47d Like some unmoisturized skinASHY
- 48d Blue-roofed restaurantIHOP
- 50d Coral and sand, for twoHUES
- 53d Popular role-playing game since 1974, informallyDND
- 55d One whose eyes are “all aglow” in “The Christmas Song”TOT