NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Feb 19, 2026
Complete answer list for the February 19, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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Across 37
- 1Punk rocker Joan ↗JETT
- 5Choctaw or Chickasaw ↗TRIBE
- 10Design detail ↗SPEC
- 14"Up and ___!" (catchphrase for a physicist) ↗ATOM
- 15In possession of ↗HAVING
- 17Tibetan title ↗LAMA
- 18Courting disaster, slangily ↗CRUISINFORABRUISIN
- 21Fraternity party order ↗KEG
- 22Symbol of protection ↗ARK
- 23Part of a window above the apron ↗SILL
- 24One-half of a golf partnership, perhaps ↗PRO
- 25Sound of disapproval ↗HISS
- 27Concludes ↗CLOSES
- 29Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhaps ↗SINGSINTHESHOWER
- 34Swindled ↗STUNG
- 35Boxing champ Laila ↗ALI
- 36Subject of the Edward Snowden leaks, in brief ↗NSA
- 37Jot down ↗NOTE
- 38Makes a noise like an electric fan ↗WHIRRS
- 40Australian actor Eric ↗BANA
- 44"___ Father …" ↗OUR
- 46Concert souvenir ↗TEE
- 47River to the Rio Grande ↗PECOS
- 48They may have knowledge of corporate secrets ↗BUSINESSINSIDERS
- 51Be defeated by ↗LOSETO
- 52"___ of the D'Urbervilles" ↗TESS
- 53Big name in London ↗BEN
- 54Big beginning? ↗MEGA
- 56Servant of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings" ↗ORC
- 57Short flight ↗HOP
- 60Better choice, given the options … or the circled squares vis-à-vis the shaded ones? ↗LESSEROFTWOEVILS
- 64Volunteer's words ↗ICAN
- 65Completely immersed, perhaps ↗SOAKED
- 66Some colorful plastic items in the seasonal aisle in the spring ↗EGGS
- 67Noted Punxsutawney resident ↗PHIL
- 68Source of some aerial shots ↗DRONE
- 69"Take ___!" ↗THAT
Down 42
- 1Part of a royal flush ↗JACK
- 2Raison d'___ ↗ETRE
- 3Metaphor for a challenging puzzle ↗TOUGHNUT
- 4"Eww … just eww" ↗TMI
- 5Want very much, with "for" ↗THIRST
- 6Major, e.g. ↗RANK
- 7Reproductive option, for short ↗IVF
- 8Some paragraphs in playbills ↗BIOS
- 9Improve ↗ENRICH
- 10High-end camera, for short ↗SLR
- 11Penniless one ↗PAUPER
- 12Mideast leaders ↗EMIRS
- 13Spot to play baccarat ↗CASINO
- 16Gas units ↗GALLONS
- 19Talking back to ↗SASSING
- 20Is really bad, in slang ↗BLOWS
- 26Formed from molten lava ↗IGNEOUS
- 28Sunken treasure sites ↗SEABEDS
- 29You can request a new one on religious grounds if it contains "666": Abbr. ↗SSN
- 30"What was ___ think?" ↗ITO
- 31"Yeah, right!" ↗HAH
- 32Ruling class ↗ELITE
- 33Fathers ↗SIRES
- 38Dickens and Dickinson ↗WRITERS
- 39Varnish ingredient ↗RESIN
- 41Card game clarification ↗ACESHIGH
- 42Neither's partner ↗NOR
- 43Buffoon ↗ASS
- 45"I'm at your disposal" ↗USEME
- 47Bishop, e.g. ↗PIECE
- 48Japanese word that's sometimes translated as "planted in a pot" ↗BONSAI
- 49Commentator's call after a missed field goal ↗NOGOOD
- 50Took steps ↗STRODE
- 51Medieval cure-all ↗LEECH
- 53Radar operator's concern ↗BLIP
- 55Over yonder ↗AFAR
- 56Wilson of the Frat Pack ↗OWEN
- 58Actress Kurylenko ↗OLGA
- 59"Over here!" ↗PSST
- 61Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief ↗SNL
- 62Fight-ending letters ↗TKO
- 63Screen, as a candidate ↗VET