NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 22, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 22, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 63

  1. 1Ease up ↗ABATE
  2. 6Setting for a landscape ↗CANVAS
  3. 12Like pickles, but not cucumbers ↗ACIDIC
  4. 18Turn up ↗LOCATE
  5. 20If all goes perfectly ↗ATBEST
  6. 21Certain head jurors ↗FOREMEN
  7. 23Like some 401(k) contributions ↗PRETAX
  8. 24The Ten Plagues ↗DEATHONTHENILE
  9. 26Freeze ↗HALT
  10. 27Bolo, e.g. ↗TIE
  11. 29Farmyard call ↗BAA
  12. 30Print-ready ↗EDITED
  13. 31Sodom and Gomorrah ↗ATALEOFTWOCITIES
  14. 37Literary fairy queen ↗MAB
  15. 38Outpouring of Pandora's box ↗ILLS
  16. 39Erelong ↗ANON
  17. 40Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr. ↗FRI
  18. 41Singsong syllable ↗TRA
  19. 43Season ticket holders, presumably ↗FANS
  20. 45Shoofly desserts ↗PIES
  21. 46Hopeless from the start, for short ↗DOA
  22. 48Janis ___, "At Seventeen" singer ↗IAN
  23. 49Samson and Delilah ↗DANGEROUSLIAISONS
  24. 55Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel ↗OTT
  25. 56Fix ↗RIG
  26. 57Calendar notation: Abbr. ↗APPT
  27. 58Diamond stats ↗RBIS
  28. 59Certain trig functions ↗SINES
  29. 61So-called "Hollywood of the South" ↗ATLANTA
  30. 64Big name in bubbly ↗MOET
  31. 65Painter's medium ↗OIL
  32. 66Noah's Ark ↗WHERETHEWILDTHINGSARE
  33. 74Nonclerical ↗LAY
  34. 75Get the better of ↗LICK
  35. 76Like Constantinople, in 1930 ↗RENAMED
  36. 77Interior style ↗DECOR
  37. 80Ballet bend ↗PLIE
  38. 81Europa, Ganymede or Callisto vis-à-vis Jupiter ↗MOON
  39. 83The third ↗III
  40. 84Ruckus ↗ADO
  41. 85Garden of Eden ↗THEAGEOFINNOCENCE
  42. 91"Scrumdiddlyumptious!" ↗MMM
  43. 92Crew need ↗OAR
  44. 93Get the ___ (finally become aware) ↗MEMO
  45. 94Ingredient in some gels ↗ALOE
  46. 95Designated H.M.O. doctor, in brief ↗PCP
  47. 96Vintage film channel ↗TCM
  48. 98Letters on a crucifix ↗INRI
  49. 99Word with rabbit or all ↗EARS
  50. 101Sully ↗MAR
  51. 103Moses Parting the Red Sea ↗THEPRINCEOFTIDES
  52. 109Rush uncontrolledly ↗CAREER
  53. 111Most common last name in Somalia ↗ALI
  54. 112Pressure meas. ↗PSI
  55. 113It's verboten ↗NONO
  56. 114Jonah and the Whale ↗THEGREATESCAPE
  57. 119Title woman in a 1965 Beach Boys hit ↗RHONDA
  58. 121Took turns ↗ROTATED
  59. 122Brimless topper ↗BEANIE
  60. 123One bringing home the bacon ↗EARNER
  61. 124Surprisingly enough ↗NOLESS
  62. 125Bars, legally ↗ESTOPS
  63. 126Follows ↗HEEDS

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  1. 1Leader of the pack ↗ALPHA
  2. 22006 mockumentary about a Kazakh journalist ↗BORAT
  3. 3High-speed travel option ↗ACELA
  4. 4Squealer's activity ↗TATTLING
  5. 5H, to Hera ↗ETA
  6. 6West Pointer ↗CADET
  7. 7Thoroughly enjoyed, with "up" ↗ATE
  8. 8Org. with the Nuggets and Nets ↗NBA
  9. 9Screen ↗VET
  10. 10Rubbish receptacle ↗ASHBIN
  11. 11Weasel with a black-tipped tail ↗STOAT
  12. 12Where the coxswain sits ↗AFT
  13. 13Unity ↗COHESION
  14. 14In a fury ↗IRED
  15. 15Blue material ↗DENIM
  16. 16Counterfeit ↗IMITATION
  17. 17Whoop it up ↗CELEBRATE
  18. 19Glorify ↗EXTOL
  19. 22___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" patriarch ↗NED
  20. 25Gullible sort ↗NAIF
  21. 28Hypotheticals ↗IFS
  22. 32Besides ↗ELSE
  23. 33Part of a trunk ↗WAIST
  24. 34First-year law student, informally ↗ONEL
  25. 35"___ Fan Tutte" ↗COSI
  26. 36Mathematician Paul ↗ERDOS
  27. 42___ on a log (celery-stick snack studded with raisins) ↗ANTS
  28. 43Confidence ↗FAITH
  29. 44What may be right but not left? ↗ANGLE
  30. 45New Yorkie, say ↗PUP
  31. 47Delegate ↗ASSIGN
  32. 49Pull to open ↗DRAW
  33. 50Dilapidated ↗RATTY
  34. 51Moonfish ↗OPAH
  35. 52Yankees nickname until 2016 ↗AROD
  36. 53"My eye!" ↗IBET
  37. 54Wielder of a red lightsaber ↗SITH
  38. 60"Casablanca" role ↗ILSA
  39. 62Folk singer Guthrie ↗ARLO
  40. 63Approaching ↗NEARTO
  41. 641964's Nobel Peace laureate, for short ↗MLK
  42. 65Common bridge bid, informally ↗ONENO
  43. 67Spanish "she" ↗ELLA
  44. 68Kristen of "Bridesmaids" ↗WIIG
  45. 69Slushy brand ↗ICEE
  46. 70Press ↗IRON
  47. 71Protein-building acid, informally ↗AMINO
  48. 72Treat again, as a sprain ↗REICE
  49. 73Actress Falco ↗EDIE
  50. 77Clammy ↗DAMP
  51. 78"Heeere's Johnny!" announcer ↗EDMCMAHON
  52. 79Measure against ↗COMPARETO
  53. 80Tree branch or power line, for a bird ↗PERCH
  54. 81One making an impression? ↗MIMIC
  55. 82Woman honored in John Lennon's "Woman" ↗ONO
  56. 86Where boaters hang with bowlers ↗HATTREES
  57. 87Hyatt alternative ↗OMNI
  58. 88Spore-producing plant ↗FERN
  59. 89Transport (around) ↗CART
  60. 90Castle in "Hamlet" ↗ELSINORE
  61. 97Heart of the matter ↗MEAT
  62. 98Subject for van Gogh ↗IRISES
  63. 99Aurora's counterpart in Greek mythology ↗EOS
  64. 100Lit ↗AFIRE
  65. 102Big name in movie theaters ↗REGAL
  66. 104First-year West Pointer ↗PLEBE
  67. 105Olympic blades ↗EPEES
  68. 106"No man is an island" writer ↗DONNE
  69. 107Was over ↗ENDED
  70. 108Glides high ↗SOARS
  71. 109Middle: Abbr. ↗CTR
  72. 110Noted Art Deco designer ↗ERTE
  73. 115Sponsored spots ↗ADS
  74. 116Persian or Abyssinian ↗CAT
  75. 117Enero a diciembre ↗ANO
  76. 118Domino dot ↗PIP
  77. 120"Yeah, right!" ↗HAH