NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 26, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 26, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Yitzi SnowEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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The Grid

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Across 29

  1. 18' 4" ↗CINCHES
  2. 8250,000 sheets ↗DREAMS
  3. 14Short piece of classical music ↗SONATINA
  4. 15Accessory for SpongeBob SquarePants ↗REDTIE
  5. 16Long-tongued animal ↗ANTEATER
  6. 17Laudanum, e.g. ↗OPIATE
  7. 18Calif. M.L.B. team, on scoreboards ↗LAA
  8. 19Happening ↗AFOOT
  9. 21Collectively, the reigns of all English monarchs named George ↗VIKINGSHIPS
  10. 26Grill, informally ↗BBQ
  11. 29Bit of mining equipment ↗ORECART
  12. 30It's not pretty ↗EYESORE
  13. 32Walt Disney's middle name ↗ELIAS
  14. 34Like a plane, informally ↗TWOD
  15. 35System in which XL is smaller than L … or a hint to interpreting the answers to the italicized clues ↗ROMANNUMERALS
  16. 40Malarkey ↗JIVE
  17. 41"Stompin' at the ___" (Benny Goodman standard) ↗SAVOY
  18. 42"Based on my research …" ↗ICANSAY
  19. 46___ Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow ↗NATASHA
  20. 50Vibe (with) ↗GEL
  21. 51Superhuman strength, mind-reading, invisibility and four dozen other powers ↗LIABILITIES
  22. 53Vexing ↗PESKY
  23. 54Title for a certain union member? ↗MRS
  24. 55Like cats and dogs ↗PLURAL
  25. 58Stall, e.g. ↗GAINTIME
  26. 63Charge, in a way ↗IONIZE
  27. 64Loose, as floorboards ↗UNNAILED
  28. 65☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ ↗XBOXES
  29. 66Total on a chiliagon ↗MANGLES

Down 45

  1. 1Nicolas Cage film set on a plane ↗CONAIR
  2. 2Amount measured in calories ↗INTAKE
  3. 3Highland refusal ↗NAE
  4. 4Org. that runs the "L" ↗CTA
  5. 5Alternative to a walk ↗HIT
  6. 667.5 deg. on a compass ↗ENE
  7. 7___ Connor, the Terminator's target in "The Terminator" ↗SARAH
  8. 8Wilted ↗DROOPY
  9. 9Peaceful state ↗REPOSE
  10. 10Make some alterations ↗EDIT
  11. 11___ minimum ↗ATA
  12. 12Cambridge sch. ↗MIT
  13. 13Get ↗SEE
  14. 14Sudden attack ↗SALVO
  15. 20"Bah!" ↗FIE
  16. 22Workers who sing the opening number in "Frozen" ↗ICEMEN
  17. 23Queen of the Pride Lands ↗NALA
  18. 24Friendly look ↗GRIN
  19. 25Ending of seven country names ↗STAN
  20. 26Poke ___ ↗BOWL
  21. 27Dudes ↗BROS
  22. 28End of a proof ↗QED
  23. 31Patronize, as an Airbnb ↗STAYAT
  24. 33Questionable, in slang ↗SUS
  25. 35Side dish eaten with curry ↗RICE
  26. 36Roundish, say ↗OVAL
  27. 37Salon job, informally ↗MANI
  28. 38Assessment, informally ↗EVAL
  29. 39Side dish eaten with curry ↗ROTI
  30. 40Some fancy footwork ↗JIG
  31. 43Dirtbag ↗SLEAZE
  32. 44Parts of naves ↗AISLES
  33. 45Animal in some traditional Tibetan races ↗YAK
  34. 47Like a fish out of water, e.g. ↗SIMILE
  35. 48Mercury's mythological counterpart ↗HERMES
  36. 49Half-___ (subpar, in slang) ↗ASSED
  37. 52"Dagnabbit!" ↗BYGUM
  38. 53Grand ___ ↗PRIX
  39. 55Shots, informally ↗PIX
  40. 56Toss up? ↗LOB
  41. 57One, south of the border ↗UNO
  42. 59"Ballerina" star ___ de Armas ↗ANA
  43. 60You can stop right there! ↗INN
  44. 61Remind too often ↗NAG
  45. 62Up to ↗TIL