NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 25, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 25, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Brad LivelyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1[Taps casino table] ↗HITME
  2. 6Signs of treble? ↗CLEFS
  3. 11___ hair (edgy 2000s trend) ↗EMO
  4. 14Longtime "Inside the NBA" analyst opposite Barkley ↗ONEAL
  5. 15Deck in divination ↗TAROT
  6. 16Mil. authority ↗CMD
  7. 17Failing to pay bills on time may affect this ↗CREDI SCORE
  8. 19Possessed ↗HAD
  9. 20Lotto-like casino game ↗KENO
  10. 21Summer treats in small cups ↗ICES
  11. 22Sounds of sudden vanishing ↗POOFS
  12. 24Zero ↗NADA
  13. 26Inverse of kilo- ↗MILLI
  14. 27"Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear" painter, 1889 ↗VINCENT ANGOGH
  15. 32Pair of cymbals in a drum kit ↗HIHAT
  16. 33Tribal home, maybe, informally ↗REZ
  17. 34Reason to take a painkiller ↗ACHE
  18. 35So-called "melting pot," in brief ↗USA
  19. 36E-bike alternative ↗SCOOTER
  20. 40One ___ time ↗ATA
  21. 41Bubbles in a bubble bath ↗SUDS
  22. 43A QR code might access one ↗URL
  23. 44Purplish perennial ↗ASTER
  24. 46Villain ranked #1 on A.F.I.'s "100 Years … 100 Heroes & Villains" list ↗HANNIBALLE TER
  25. 50Ransacks ↗LOOTS
  26. 51Retail chain with ready-to-assemble products ↗IKEA
  27. 52Stays in line, say ↗WAITS
  28. 53Hawaiian goose ↗NENE
  29. 55Thumbs-down votes ↗NAYS
  30. 59Buried ↗HID
  31. 60Emulates the three figures in this puzzle ... or what the figures do within the answers to 17-, 27- and 46-Across? ↗BREAKDANCES
  32. 63Fruit drink ↗ADE
  33. 64On a higher level ↗ABOVE
  34. 65Second-chance show ↗RERUN
  35. 66Org. with metal detectors ↗TSA
  36. 67Supped ↗DINED
  37. 68Paradises ↗EDENS

Down 39

  1. 1Pawn ↗HOCK
  2. 2Concerning ↗INRE
  3. 3One subject to a curfew, maybe ↗TEEN
  4. 4So-called "Queen of Pop" ↗MADONNA
  5. 5Former Giant Manning ↗ELI
  6. 6Healthy self-image? ↗CTSCAN
  7. 7Tie up ↗LACE
  8. 8God depicted with a bow ↗EROS
  9. 9Word between "word" and "word" ↗FOR
  10. 10Intervene ↗STEPIN
  11. 11Sound-track? ↗ECHOLOCATE
  12. 12Combatant in an octagon-shaped cage ↗MMAFIGHTER
  13. 13Calculated ratios ↗ODDS
  14. 18Era competitor ↗ IDE
  15. 23Gymnast Korbut dubbed the "Sparrow from Minsk" ↗OLGA
  16. 25Behaves ↗ACTS
  17. 26Where you might lose your way ↗MAZE
  18. 27Demo graphics, maybe ↗VISUALAIDS
  19. 28"This is news to me!" ↗IHADNOIDEA
  20. 29Cyber punk? ↗TROLL
  21. 30Tick doc ↗ ET
  22. 31When repeated, "Preach!" ↗HEAR
  23. 32When repeated, secret ↗HUSH
  24. 37Bear's heirs? ↗CUBS
  25. 3860 minuti ↗ORA
  26. 39Pulse quickly, as the heart ↗RA E
  27. 42Bratty kid ↗SNOT
  28. 45Was a fangirl of, say ↗STANNED
  29. 47"Really awful" ↗ITSBAD
  30. 48Connected ↗LINKED
  31. 49Scraped (by) ↗EKED
  32. 52"Huh?" ↗WHAT
  33. 53Like the sign for Radio City Music Hall ↗NEON
  34. 54Roof projection ↗EAVE
  35. 56Farming area ↗ACRE
  36. 57Actor Steven of "Beef" and "Nope" ↗YEUN
  37. 58Tax IDs ↗SSNS
  38. 61Result of a solo homer, for short ↗RBI
  39. 62"There you ___!" ↗ARE