NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kareem AyasEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1*Succeed ↗DWELL
  2. 6Home of War in the Pacific National Historical Park ↗GUAM
  3. 10Sign on some restroom doors ↗MEN
  4. 13Angular unit of measurement ↗RADIAN
  5. 15Sapa ___ ("the only emperor" in Quechua) ↗INCA
  6. 16Kitchen gadget brand ↗OXO
  7. 17Must pay ↗OWESTO
  8. 18*Public messages of appreciation ↗SHUTOUTS
  9. 20Heavy metal band whose name is a big cat in Spanish ↗PANTERA
  10. 22Alternatively … !!! ↗ORELSE
  11. 23Sign out? ↗EXIT
  12. 24Firehouse supply ↗LADDERS
  13. 26Take out, in a way ↗SEE
  14. 28"An idea …" ↗SAY
  15. 30Mount known to produce rare volcanic "smoke rings" ↗ETNA
  16. 31Off-road ride, for short ↗ATV
  17. 32Horned mountain climber ↗IBEX
  18. 34Pen ↗CORRAL
  19. 36Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" ↗DEE
  20. 37*New England-style chowder, for one ↗CLAMSUP
  21. 39___-weekly (mag type) ↗ALT
  22. 40Small surgical instrument ↗LANCET
  23. 42Wraps up ↗ENDS
  24. 43Wield ↗PLY
  25. 44Ingrid Bergman's "Casablanca" role ↗ILSA
  26. 45Stuff with strands ↗DNA
  27. 46College subj. that can be evolutionary or behavioral ↗PSY
  28. 47Lightweight fabric for a handkerchief ↗BATISTE
  29. 50Tomato type ↗ROMA
  30. 53Digs for dogs ↗KENNEL
  31. 54*Long-legged wader ↗FLAMING
  32. 58Provide comfort, in a way … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Across clues ↗GIVEAHUG
  33. 60Northeastern prep school or its town ↗EXETER
  34. 61"What's the ___?!" ↗USE
  35. 62Surrender ↗CEDE
  36. 63Ceramics component ↗SILICA
  37. 64Web portal with a butterfly logo ↗MSN
  38. 65Schooner's stabilizer ↗KEEL
  39. 66Some spa treatments ↗MASKS

Down 37

  1. 1What a phone call or new album might do ↗DROP
  2. 27-Eleven competitor on the East Coast ↗WAWA
  3. 3Tree of knowledge locale ↗EDEN
  4. 4Directory name ↗LISTEE
  5. 5*Behind in payment ↗LATEX
  6. 6Ones "over there" in "Over There," in brief ↗GIS
  7. 7Sacrilegious ↗UNHOLY
  8. 8Legend, e.g. ↗ACURA
  9. 9Beat in chess ↗MATED
  10. 10Mechanisms that are often spring-loaded ↗MOUSETRAPS
  11. 11*Forevermore ↗EXTERNALLY
  12. 12Us, in Spanish ↗NOS
  13. 14Sushi seaweed type ↗NORI
  14. 19From further back ↗OLDER
  15. 21Befuddled ↗ATSEA
  16. 25Coarse, as language ↗SALTY
  17. 26Quickly smooch … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Down clues ↗STEALAKISS
  18. 27Square ↗EVENSTEVEN
  19. 29*Word appearing 51 times in the New Testament ↗AXMEN
  20. 31Speak extemporaneously ↗ADLIB
  21. 32Makeup of some shelves ↗ICE
  22. 33Lunch item usually eaten with two hands, in brief ↗BLT
  23. 34Cow's mouthful ↗CUD
  24. 35Photo ___ ↗OPS
  25. 38Wolf (down) ↗SNARF
  26. 41Michael nominated for Oscars in five different decades ↗CAINE
  27. 45Fool ↗DELUDE
  28. 46Hollywood's Anderson or Bach ↗PAMELA
  29. 48Nosh ↗SNACK
  30. 49Little laugh ↗TEHEE
  31. 51Sounds from un estadio ↗OLES
  32. 52*Severely harm ↗MAXIM
  33. 55Words of affirmation ↗ITIS
  34. 56Resting place for a boa ↗NECK
  35. 57Pâté de foie ___ ↗GRAS
  36. 58Unpleasant discovery under a desk ↗GUM
  37. 59Hair raiser? ↗GEL