NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 1, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 1, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 57

  1. 1Meter in a video game showing a character's health ↗LIFEBAR
  2. 8Relative of a gazelle ↗IMPALA
  3. 14Office square ↗POSTIT
  4. 20Food additive named one of Time's 50 Worst Inventions ↗OLESTRA
  5. 21Keep cruising, say ↗SAILON
  6. 22On which Apple Pay can be used ↗IPHONE
  7. 23Canio in "Pagliacci," e.g.? ↗CLASSICALCLOWN
  8. 25Noxious atmosphere ↗MIASMA
  9. 26Prefix with business ↗AGRI
  10. 27"My house, my rules" ↗ISAYSO
  11. 28QB Drew whom Tom Brady ultimately replaced ↗BLEDSOE
  12. 29Get tuckered out ↗LOSESTEAM
  13. 32Indian wedding wear ↗SARI
  14. 34School subj. ↗ENG
  15. 35Grab the chips and dip? ↗CASHIN
  16. 37News hound? ↗TOPICALDOG
  17. 40Atomic bond, essentially? ↗TWOPARTICLEHARMONY
  18. 45Many visitors to national parks ↗HIKERS
  19. 46Nearsighted person ↗MYOPE
  20. 47Messing up on the big screen ↗DEBRA
  21. 51Italy's third-largest island (after Sicily and Sardinia) ↗ELBA
  22. 52Subterranean adventurer ↗CAVER
  23. 54"Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" show tune) ↗SIR
  24. 57Great number ↗SLEW
  25. 58Cute, cutesily ↗ADORBS
  26. 61Dropbox and Roblox ↗APPS
  27. 62Hailed vehicle ↗CAB
  28. 64Show interruptions ↗ADS
  29. 65Some electrolysis targets? ↗FOLLICLESONONESFACE
  30. 71Partner of vigor ↗VIM
  31. 72Letter symbolizing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius ↗TAU
  32. 73"Downton Abbey" countess ↗CORA
  33. 74Warm winter coats ↗PARKAS
  34. 76Like some early education, for short ↗PREK
  35. 78W.C. sign ↗MEN
  36. 80City where LeBron James was born ↗AKRON
  37. 81Blemish ↗MARK
  38. 82Bit of a character? ↗SERIF
  39. 84Conspiring (with) ↗INBED
  40. 86Spice Girl alongside Baby, Ginger, Scary and Posh ↗SPORTY
  41. 88"Mainsail hoisted, check! Hatches battened, check!"? ↗WERENAUTICALWORTHY
  42. 94Shark's singing rival in "West Side Story"? ↗LYRICALJET
  43. 97Corral ↗CAGEIN
  44. 98Yankee great Gehrig ↗LOU
  45. 99Something a judge shouldn't have ↗BIAS
  46. 100Very rude email, informally ↗NASTYGRAM
  47. 105Never mind? ↗AMNESIA
  48. 108Neglectful ↗REMISS
  49. 111Bank (on) ↗RELY
  50. 112Two-___ schooner ↗MASTED
  51. 113Frozen treat for Bruins fans? ↗BOSTONPOPSICLE
  52. 117Lacking scruples ↗AMORAL
  53. 118Storm, say ↗INVADE
  54. 119Noted early riser ↗ROOSTER
  55. 120With a level head ↗SANELY
  56. 121Thickets ↗COPSES
  57. 122Embarrassing items to have revealed on an airport X-ray ↗SEXTOYS

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  1. 1Person from the neighborhood ↗LOCAL
  2. 2Volunteer's offer ↗ILLGO
  3. 3Bogeymen ↗FEARS
  4. 4Maker of Bikini So Teeny nail polish ↗ESSIE
  5. 5Breakthrough K-pop group ↗BTS
  6. 6Horror director Aster ↗ARI
  7. 7Most suggestive ↗RACIEST
  8. 8Like the Eid al-Fitr festival ↗ISLAMIC
  9. 9Department store eponym ↗MACY
  10. 10Pale lager, informally ↗PILS
  11. 11___ gobi (Indian potato dish) ↗ALOO
  12. 12Feeling down ↗LOW
  13. 13___ Taylor (fashion retailer) ↗ANN
  14. 14Home of the Preakness Stakes ↗PIMLICO
  15. 15Early TV role for Ron Howard ↗OPIE
  16. 16Atlantic fish ↗SHAD
  17. 17Like Frisbees and some salads ↗TOSSED
  18. 18Not stereo ↗INMONO
  19. 19Hard-boiled Chinese snack ↗TEAEGG
  20. 24Sapporo competitor ↗ASAHI
  21. 28Bowler's edge ↗BRIM
  22. 30Blemish ↗SCAR
  23. 31Fixes, as a driveway ↗TARS
  24. 32Cake not to be eaten ↗SOAP
  25. 33French for "after" ↗APRES
  26. 36Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani, notably, for short ↗NLMVPS
  27. 37Hammer wielder ↗THOR
  28. 38Furthermore ↗AND
  29. 39Caustic solutions ↗LYES
  30. 40Mother of Helios, in myth ↗THEA
  31. 41Metaphor for a runaway success ↗WILDFIRE
  32. 42Gen Z put-down of an elder ↗OKBOOMER
  33. 43Bit of wisdom ↗PEARL
  34. 44Orbit ↗EYESOCKET
  35. 48Arcane technique ↗BLACKART
  36. 49Iron-rich variety of fertile soil ↗REDEARTH
  37. 50Exclamations in nurseries ↗AWS
  38. 52Lead-in to "tech" ↗CAL
  39. 53Primatologist's interest ↗APE
  40. 55Give the cold shoulder, with "out" ↗ICE
  41. 56Grating voice ↗RASP
  42. 59Common diner order ↗BLT
  43. 60Rodgers and Hammerstein musical setting ↗SIAM
  44. 63Photog's undergrad degree ↗BFA
  45. 66Stick on a table ↗CUE
  46. 67Like Volvo and Nokia, by origin ↗NORDIC
  47. 68Gold, in Guadalajara ↗ORO
  48. 69London granny ↗NAN
  49. 70Standard battle wear ↗ARMOR
  50. 71No. 2's ↗VPS
  51. 75Vodka in blue bottles ↗SKYY
  52. 77New Zealander ↗KIWI
  53. 79One studied in the art of invisibility ↗NINJA
  54. 80Touch ↗ABUT
  55. 83Govt. campaign watchdog ↗FEC
  56. 85Scottish refusals ↗NAES
  57. 86Loretta of "M*A*S*H" ↗SWIT
  58. 87Small keg size ↗PONY
  59. 89With zeal ↗RABIDLY
  60. 90Director Kazan ↗ELIA
  61. 91Neighbors of premolars ↗CANINES
  62. 92Audibly shocked ↗AGASP
  63. 93Landlords, more formally ↗LESSORS
  64. 94Pack carriers ↗LLAMAS
  65. 95Crack open? ↗YOMAMA
  66. 96Is fueled by ↗RUNSON
  67. 101Fill in a mill ↗GRIST
  68. 102Right-hand page ↗RECTO
  69. 103Strike zone? ↗ALLEY
  70. 104Mike or Michael in movies ↗MYERS
  71. 106Raison d'___ ↗ETRE
  72. 107Close up tight ↗SEAL
  73. 108Invitation letters ↗RSVP
  74. 109Uber predictions, in brief ↗ETAS
  75. 110Style ↗MODE
  76. 113Zippo competitor ↗BIC
  77. 114Co-producer of the documentary "The Beatles: Get Back" ↗ONO
  78. 115"The Bells" poet ↗POE
  79. 116Fenway team, familiarly ↗SOX