New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 02/09/2026. The February 09 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 The slightest bitATAD
- 5a Mariner’s septetSEAS
- 9a Picket line crosserSCAB
- 13a Like a situation with only bad outcomesNOWIN
- 15a St. Louis’s Gateway ___ National ParkARCH
- 16a Voice above tenorALTO
- 17a Thanksgiving boatfulGRAVY
- 18a Spanish catGATO
- 19a Nutritionist’s planDIET
- 20a Main drag through Sin CityLASVEGASSTRIP
- 23a “Fancy meeting you here!”OHHI
- 24a Apply, as a new skillUSE
- 25a Indigenous Southwestern peoplePUEBLO
- 28a Body part that can serve as a pencil holderEAR
- 30a “Delicious!”YUM
- 31a Trireme implementOAR
- 32a Valuable bit in a prospector’s panGOLDNUGGET
- 37a Like sudokus with very few given digits, generallyHARD
- 38a “Nope, not for me”IMOUT
- 39a Online “haha”LOL
- 40a Steep-walled canyonGORGE
- 41a Hoarse voiceRASP
- 42a Hockey player who typically plays the entire gameGOALTENDER
- 44a Explosive-sounding TV channelTNT
- 45a Crow’s callCAW
- 46a Punk-inspired music genreEMO
- 47a Minor disruption in the proceedingsHICCUP
- 49a [Their typo, not mine!]SIC
- 51a Be a passengerRIDE
- 55a Question to a scaredy-cat ? to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer “Yes!”AREYOUCHICKEN
- 58a “You have a point there”TRUE
- 60a Lake on Ohio’s northern borderERIE
- 61a Nine-member musical groupNONET
- 62a Lack of difficultyEASE
- 63a PimplesACNE
- 64a Like a lotADORE
- 65a AmazedAWED
- 66a From ___ to richesRAGS
- 67a Water pitcherEWER
- Down
- 1d ___-SaxonANGLO
- 2d Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremonyTORAH
- 3d Overflowing (with)AWASH
- 4d ApportionedDIVVIEDUP
- 5d Long storiesSAGAS
- 6d Wipe cleanERASE
- 7d “America’s Got Talent” segmentsACTS
- 8d Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ballSHOTPUT
- 9d British novelist JonesSADIE
- 10d Portable writing surfaceCLIPBOARD
- 11d DevouredATE
- 12d Spam spewerBOT
- 14d Bill who says “Science rules!” in the intro to his TV showNYE
- 21d Sanskrit word for “teacher”GURU
- 22d “Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___”RUM
- 26d MassiveLARGE
- 27d Pick from the menuORDER
- 29d Tiny hill dwellerANT
- 30d BellowYELL
- 32d Measurement around the waistGIRTH
- 33d Resident of MuscatOMANI
- 34d Something that’s beyond helpLOSTCAUSE
- 35d LuminesceGLOW
- 36d India’s smallest state by areaGOA
- 37d What students abide by when they don’t cheatHONORCODE
- 40d Precious stoneGEM
- 42d Period before starting more schoolGAPYEAR
- 43d Georgia ___ (Atlanta school)TECH
- 45d Pool player’s stickCUE
- 48d Words to live byCREED
- 49d Taking to courtSUING
- 50d Some frozen drinksICEES
- 52d “No need to remind me!”IKNOW
- 53d Outdoor John?DEERE
- 54d “Come in”ENTER
- 56d Oceanic predatorORCA
- 57d All ___ day’s workINA
- 58d Drink served by the Mad HatterTEA
- 59d Like the fish in pokeRAW