NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 27, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 27, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 30

  1. 1Coinage of the early 2000s? ↗SACAGAWEADOLLAR
  2. 16Sierra Nevada product ↗AMERICANPALEALE
  3. 17Jeans material for a worn-out look ↗DISTRESSEDDENIM
  4. 18Email folder ↗DRAFTS
  5. 19Bear up? ↗URSA
  6. 20Most important part ↗KEY
  7. 21"___-roh!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons") ↗RUH
  8. 22Jerk ↗TIC
  9. 23Bird that Zeus disguised himself as in a much-told Greek myth ↗SWAN
  10. 25Traditional folk dance ↗REEL
  11. 27Pantheon feature ↗ROTUNDA
  12. 29Rita on "The Masked Singer" ↗ORA
  13. 30Challenge ↗DARE
  14. 31Car requirement beginning in 1998 ↗AIRBAG
  15. 35"___ regards …" (letter sign-off) ↗KINDEST
  16. 37Raw, in a way ↗TARTARE
  17. 38Remove from office ↗UNSEAT
  18. 39"It ___ easy" ↗AINT
  19. 40N.Y.P.D. rank: Abbr. ↗SGT
  20. 41Prepares, as coq au vin ↗BRAISES
  21. 43Chinese menu possessive ↗TSOS
  22. 44Steps in diagnosing A.C.L. injuries, perhaps ↗MRIS
  23. 46Carton amts. ↗QTS
  24. 47___-de-sac ↗CUL
  25. 48Kung ___ chicken ↗PAO
  26. 49Concerning ↗ASTO
  27. 51___ the Great, king of ancient Persia ↗DARIUS
  28. 54Create a distraction, so to speak ↗RUNINTERFERENCE
  29. 57Heroine in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" books ↗ANASTASIASTEELE
  30. 58Midwest city dubbed the "Little Apple" ↗MANHATTANKANSAS

Down 40

  1. 1Travel safety grp. at school ↗SADD
  2. 2Arabic male name meaning "prince" ↗AMIR
  3. 3Delivery methods? ↗CESAREANS
  4. 4Slick, say ↗ARTFUL
  5. 5Tailor's measurement ↗GIRTH
  6. 6Three-time W.N.B.A. champs of the 2020s ↗ACES
  7. 7Happened ↗WAS
  8. 8Adjoining, in a way ↗ENSUITE
  9. 9Illuminating point ↗APERCU
  10. 10Soda brand since 1937 ↗DADS
  11. 11Antediluvian ↗OLDASDIRT
  12. 12Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim ↗LEE
  13. 13Sri ___ ↗LANKA
  14. 14World traveler? ↗ALIEN
  15. 15Big name in Cognac ↗REMY
  16. 22Suit material? ↗TORT
  17. 24Blemish ↗WART
  18. 25Modern streaming device ↗ROKU
  19. 26You can find her in this clue (hidden!) ↗ERIN
  20. 27Like Snoop Dogg, faith-wise, when he changed his name to Snoop Lion ↗RASTA
  21. 28Flatbread choices ↗NAANS
  22. 30Start of a child's letter ↗DEARSANTA
  23. 32Funk music features ↗BASSLINES
  24. 33Carrier of the Golden Fleece ↗ARGO
  25. 34Picks up ↗GETS
  26. 36Actress Mazar ↗DEBI
  27. 37Hitches ↗TIES
  28. 39Neighborhood in New York City where Zohran Mamdani lived before being elected the city's mayor ↗ASTORIA
  29. 42Brightness measurement of a sort ↗IQTEST
  30. 43Serving piece ↗TUREEN
  31. 44Hawaiian for "mountain" ↗MAUNA
  32. 45Saoirse of 2019's "Little Women" ↗RONAN
  33. 47Magna ___ ↗CARTA
  34. 48Carriage in Coventry ↗PRAM
  35. 50"Right away!" ↗STAT
  36. 51Secretary, for example ↗DESK
  37. 52Where Jackie Robinson played four(!) college sports, in brief ↗UCLA
  38. 53Accompanies (to) ↗SEES
  39. 55Standoff's conclusion? ↗ISH
  40. 56Blow air on ↗FAN