NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 24, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 24, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adam AaronsonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Utter rubbish ↗DRECK
  2. 6Yellowish color for old computer graphics ↗AMBER
  3. 11Showing a smirk, say ↗WRY
  4. 14"Make that two!" ↗METOO
  5. 15Actress Watts of "The Friend" ↗NAOMI
  6. 16Half of a giggle ↗HEE
  7. 17Nuyoricans, e.g. ↗ETHNICGROUP
  8. 19Doc who's seen for sinusitis ↗ENT
  9. 20Went on the fritz ↗DIED
  10. 21Grand project begun by the London Philological Society, in brief ↗OED
  11. 22Snowman in "Frozen" ↗OLAF
  12. 24Fender Stratocaster, e.g. ↗ELECTRICGUITAR
  13. 29Its base unit is the kilogram ↗MASS
  14. 30Self-written life story, informally ↗AUTOBIO
  15. 31Deer ___ (road sign) ↗XING
  16. 33Otherwise called, in brief ↗AKA
  17. 34Brand of squishy balls ↗NERF
  18. 35Involuntary movement ↗TIC
  19. 36"The Disrobing of Christ," e.g. ↗ELGRECO
  20. 40Fish in some onigiri ↗EEL
  21. 41One way to leave a door ↗AJAR
  22. 43Asset for a thrower ↗AIM
  23. 44Old tape players ↗VCRS
  24. 46Tiny swine ↗MINIPIG
  25. 48One of the matriarchs in Judaism ↗LEAH
  26. 50Thyroid, e.g. ↗ENDOCRINEGLAND
  27. 54Oft-discarded part of an orange ↗PITH
  28. 55Some reproductive cells ↗OVA
  29. 56Baby ones are joeys, familiarly ↗ROOS
  30. 58Sprightly dance ↗JIG
  31. 59Dress for a soirée, e.g. ↗EVENINGGOWN
  32. 63Prefix with sex or brow ↗UNI
  33. 64Protection against flooding ↗LEVEE
  34. 65Group of smarties ↗MENSA
  35. 66"___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ↗SGT
  36. 67Coffeehouse chain that owns the domain coffee.com ↗PEETS
  37. 68Inch (up) ↗CREEP

Down 39

  1. 1Contacted quickly online, informally ↗DMED
  2. 2Fix, as shoelaces ↗RETIE
  3. 3Blues legend Waters ↗ETHEL
  4. 4Formally denounce ↗CONDEMN
  5. 5Carp in a Japanese pond ↗KOI
  6. 6Brings to a boil? ↗ANGERS
  7. 7___ Gras ↗MARDI
  8. 8Honeybun ↗BOO
  9. 9LiMu ___ (insurance bird) ↗EMU
  10. 10Remove, as a page of a notebook ↗RIPOUT
  11. 11Brew that's often a little cloudy and fruity ↗WHEATBEER
  12. 12Festivals often featuring jousting knights, for short ↗RENFAIRES
  13. 13Nevertheless ↗YET
  14. 18Beds that might have wheels ↗COTS
  15. 23Either bronze animal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago ↗LION
  16. 25Word after rib or batting ↗CAGE
  17. 26Centerpiece of a birthday celebration ↗CAKE
  18. 27Green dip, slangily ↗GUAC
  19. 28[Hi-lar-ious!] ↗ROFL
  20. 31President of China beginning in 2013 ↗XIJINPING
  21. 32"This is pretty cool!" ↗ICANDIGIT
  22. 33Asset for a thrower ↗ARM
  23. 35Make friendly to humans ↗TAME
  24. 37Hideout ↗LAIR
  25. 38Supermodel Hadid ↗GIGI
  26. 39Avocado-shaped ↗OVAL
  27. 42Civil disturbance ↗RIOT
  28. 45Juice box? ↗CHARGER
  29. 47I.T. pro's offering ↗PCHELP
  30. 48Imposes, as a tax ↗LEVIES
  31. 49Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad" ↗EGAN
  32. 51Pretty large jazz combo ↗NONET
  33. 52Whom a diary is often shown to ↗NOONE
  34. 53Search for groundwater, in a way ↗DOWSE
  35. 57Jacket closer ↗SNAP
  36. 58Au ___ (how roast beef may be served) ↗JUS
  37. 60Shape for flying geese ↗VEE
  38. 61Apple taster in Eden ↗EVE
  39. 62Car brand with the Hummer E.V. ↗GMC