NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 28, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 28, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adam LevavEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Set unambitious goals ↗AIMLOW
  2. 7One playing beerball, perhaps ↗FRATBOY
  3. 14Tolkien ring bearer ↗SMEAGOL
  4. 16Precious person ↗DEARONE
  5. 17Phrase you might say while pointing at a photograph ↗THATSME
  6. 18Goes against the rule? ↗REVOLTS
  7. 19Musical set in Alphabet City ↗RENT
  8. 20Term of endearment appropriated from 9-Down ↗BAE
  9. 22Part of a Blues Brothers outfit ↗FEDORA
  10. 23Animated friend of Sebastian the crab ↗ARIEL
  11. 25Some arm muscles, informally ↗TRIS
  12. 27Cassiterite is a source of it ↗TIN
  13. 28Robert Frost's middle name ↗LEE
  14. 29___ Allen Express, Amtrak train from New York City to Burlington, Vt. ↗ETHAN
  15. 31Innermost moon of Neptune ↗NAIAD
  16. 33Pressure gauge? ↗STRESSLEVEL
  17. 35Past, colloquially ↗BEFORETIMES
  18. 36Symbols used to group blocks of computer code ↗CURLYBRACES
  19. 37Was on the sidelines ↗SATBY
  20. 38Breathlessness ↗APNEA
  21. 39Polynesian staple ↗POI
  22. 42Not mainstream, as some music genres ↗ALT
  23. 43Fuss ↗FRET
  24. 44Weakens, as an overly strong character, in video game lingo ↗NERFS
  25. 46Angora fabric ↗MOHAIR
  26. 49Utmost ↗NTH
  27. 51___ Tung, star of cable TV's "The Summer I Turned Pretty" ↗LOLA
  28. 52Did a bedtime task ↗BRUSHED
  29. 54Modern banking convenience ↗AUTOPAY
  30. 56Musical sample added for excitement ↗AIRHORN
  31. 57Animals in an early-2000s virtual fad ↗NEOPETS
  32. 58Entered again ↗RETYPED
  33. 59One might play at home ↗STEREO

Down 35

  1. 1Kind of projection ↗ASTRAL
  2. 2Call at a roll call ↗IMHERE
  3. 3Big jerk ↗MEANIE
  4. 4Drink often sipped ↗LATTE
  5. 5Rap pioneers, slangily ↗OGS
  6. 6Space to develop as a person? ↗WOMB
  7. 7In brief, to whom Grover Cleveland once said "I am making a strange wish for you ... that you may never be president of the United States" ↗FDR
  8. 8School houses? ↗REEFS
  9. 9Dialect that is responsible for a large majority of Gen Z slang ↗AAVE
  10. 10Put one's foot down ↗TROD
  11. 11Decorative items worn at Western galas ↗BOLOTIES
  12. 12Like defendants at court ↗ONTRIAL
  13. 13Principle of improv comedy ↗YESAND
  14. 15Gay nightlife spot with a dress requirement ↗LEATHERBAR
  15. 21Error correction tool ↗ERASERPEN
  16. 24Uncork, so to speak ↗LETFLY
  17. 26Body bronzer ↗INSTANTTAN
  18. 30___ Story (punny nickname for the "Iliad") ↗TROY
  19. 31Like the lion killed by Hercules ↗NEMEAN
  20. 32Scientific classification for birds ↗AVES
  21. 33Tesla, for one ↗SERB
  22. 34Affliction treated with a nit comb ↗LICE
  23. 35Acting like a sore loser, informally ↗BUTTHURT
  24. 36___ counter ↗CALORIE
  25. 37South Indian lentil stew ↗SAMBAR
  26. 39Following etiquette ↗PROPER
  27. 40Recently ↗OFLATE
  28. 41Declaration after "because" ↗ISAYSO
  29. 43French relative ↗FRERE
  30. 45Skip the ceremony, say ↗ELOPE
  31. 47Like some unmoisturized skin ↗ASHY
  32. 48Blue-roofed restaurant ↗IHOP
  33. 50Coral and sand, for two ↗HUES
  34. 53Popular role-playing game since 1974, informally ↗DND
  35. 55One whose eyes are "all aglow" in "The Christmas Song" ↗TOT