NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 17, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 17, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Stephan Prock and Jeff ChenEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Forerunner of reggae ↗SKA
  2. 4Because ↗SINCE
  3. 9Fluster with embarrassment ↗ABASH
  4. 14Buddy ↗PAL
  5. 15"L'Orfeo" or "Idomeneo" ↗OPERA
  6. 16Spoiled girl in "Finding Nemo" ↗DARLA
  7. 17White rodent often used in lab research ↗ALBINORAT
  8. 19Hunter in the night sky ↗ORION
  9. 20"Cool!" ↗NEATO
  10. 21Hit maker? ↗FIST
  11. 23Big name in pet food ↗IAMS
  12. 24Complete fiasco ↗SNAFU
  13. 26"I suppose that's right" ↗GUESSSO
  14. 28Some fancy finger painting ↗NAILART
  15. 30Flavoring in an earthy whiskey ↗PEAT
  16. 31Classic skin-care brand ↗OLAY
  17. 32Film performers' union, for short ↗SAG
  18. 34Spanish appetizers ↗TAPAS
  19. 38Prospector's receptacle ↗PAN
  20. 39Music genre for the words hidden in this puzzle's circled letters ... or a punny description for them? ↗BAROQUE
  21. 42German cry of dismay ↗ACH
  22. 43Old Ford Motor offering ↗EDSEL
  23. 45Site for hibernation … or a Super Bowl party ↗DEN
  24. 46No more than ↗UPTO
  25. 47Sources of quick $$$ ↗ATMS
  26. 50Break up, as a group ↗DISBAND
  27. 52Someone's public identity ↗PERSONA
  28. 55Workout inspired by martial arts ↗TAEBO
  29. 56"Nobody doesn't like ___ Lee" (classic food slogan) ↗SARA
  30. 57Daddy-o ↗POPS
  31. 59"___ Jacques" (children's song) ↗FRERE
  32. 61"The Addams Family" butler ↗LURCH
  33. 63Spoken evaluations ↗ORALEXAMS
  34. 65Island greeting ↗ALOHA
  35. 66Starts daydreaming, with "out" ↗ZONES
  36. 67Sound heard at the door ↗RAP
  37. 68Amped up ↗WIRED
  38. 69Call off the relationship ↗ENDIT
  39. 70Furtive ↗SLY

Down 39

  1. 1Distance from end to end ↗SPAN
  2. 2Leafy side dish rich in vitamin K ↗KALESALAD
  3. 3Residents of Tirana ↗ALBANIANS
  4. 4"Oh, that stupid little punk ..." ↗SONOFA
  5. 5Wall Street debut, for short ↗IPO
  6. 6Toy brand with foam ammo ↗NERF
  7. 7Daniel of the "Knives Out" movies ↗CRAIG
  8. 8Devours ↗EATSUP
  9. 9Fuss and flurry ↗ADO
  10. 10Many a Starbucks employee ↗BARISTA
  11. 11Highlights of a 15-Across ↗ARIAS
  12. 12Smartphone video effect ↗SLOMO
  13. 13Film composer Zimmer ↗HANS
  14. 18Boot out of Europe? ↗ITALY
  15. 22Item stored in a small hole in a golf cart ↗TEE
  16. 25___ Major ↗URSA
  17. 27Fill fully ↗SATE
  18. 28"Uh-uh" ↗NOPE
  19. 29Material for a roof repair ↗TAR
  20. 33Mars, but not Earth ↗GOD
  21. 35Tough-but-loving fathers, informally ↗PAPABEARS
  22. 36"Don't be so weird!" ↗ACTNORMAL
  23. 37Equipped with footwear ↗SHOD
  24. 39Sandwiches often on toasted bread ↗BLTS
  25. 40Proof-ending inits. ↗QED
  26. 41Troop group ↗UNIT
  27. 44Aural ailment ↗EARACHE
  28. 46Standard option on a rideshare app ↗UBERX
  29. 48Shaggy head of hair ↗MOP
  30. 49Get some Z's ↗SNOOZE
  31. 51Least risky ↗SAFEST
  32. 52Physicist Wolfgang who proposed the "exclusion principle" ↗PAULI
  33. 53Blunder ↗ERROR
  34. 54Front part of a stage ↗APRON
  35. 56Barbecue side dish ↗SLAW
  36. 58Material in a classical timepiece ↗SAND
  37. 60Sneak a peek at ↗ESPY
  38. 62Suckered ↗HAD
  39. 64Ring of flowers ↗LEI