NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 5, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 5, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 39

  1. 1Dives into ↗HASAT
  2. 6Cause to crack up ↗SLAY
  3. 10Pillow covering ↗SHAM
  4. 14Florida's ___ National Forest ↗OCALA
  5. 15Give quite a shock ↗TASE
  6. 16Antifur org. ↗PETA
  7. 17| $ | $ | $ | $ | ↗TOLLBOOTHS
  8. 19Sheltered from the wind ↗ALEE
  9. 20Charge on imports ↗DUTY
  10. 21Bible-inspired tourist attraction in Williamstown, Ky. ↗ARK
  11. 22Excel spreadsheets, essentially ↗GRIDS
  12. 23Go (for) ↗OPT
  13. 24| : : : | / / ↗FREEWAYEXIT
  14. 27"How dare you!" looks ↗GLARES
  15. 29Tree whose "slippery" variety has medicinal bark ↗ELM
  16. 30Mistake "air" for "heir," say ↗ERR
  17. 31Chick checker of a sort ↗SEXER
  18. 32Put one's hands together ↗CLAP
  19. 34About ↗ASTO
  20. 35Classic Jack Kerouac novel … or where you'll find 17-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across ↗ONTHEROAD
  21. 38Fundamentals ↗ABCS
  22. 41Helps out ↗AIDS
  23. 42Spinal stack ↗DISCS
  24. 46Grassy grazing ground ↗LEA
  25. 47Wrestling match ender ↗PIN
  26. 48Racer's final go-round ↗GUNLAP
  27. 49| : : :--| ↗LANECLOSURE
  28. 53Gershwin brother ↗IRA
  29. 54Adds to a stuffed suitcase, say ↗CRAMS
  30. 55Schedule pro ↗CPA
  31. 56Choice of bands, for short ↗AMFM
  32. 57Church nook ↗APSE
  33. 58|X:X:X:X| |X:X:X:X| |X:X:X:X| ↗TRAFFICJAM
  34. 61Crown ↗PATE
  35. 62Dynamic starter? ↗AERO
  36. 63Fictional region that includes Bag End ↗SHIRE
  37. 64Slap (at) ↗SWAT
  38. 65"Your turn," on a radio ↗OVER
  39. 66Sent up on social media, say ↗MEMED

Down 39

  1. 1Show-offs ↗HOTDOGS
  2. 2Not many ↗ACOUPLE
  3. 3Levy that helped fund the Erie Canal ↗SALTTAX
  4. 4Friend in tough times ↗ALLY
  5. 5Paragraph starter, perhaps ↗TAB
  6. 6Archive ↗STORE
  7. 7Potato pancake for Hanukkah ↗LATKE
  8. 8Campfire residue ↗ASH
  9. 9"Definitely!" ↗YES
  10. 10Prince Harry, per his memoir's title ↗SPARE
  11. 11Genomic shapes ↗HELIXES
  12. 12Put up with put-downs ↗ATEDIRT
  13. 13Baton wielder ↗MAESTRO
  14. 18Galley implements ↗OARS
  15. 22Class that may require a change of clothes ↗GYM
  16. 24Leaves in a waiting room? ↗FERN
  17. 25Becomes tiresome ↗WEARS
  18. 26Brand in the pet aisle ↗ALPO
  19. 28Some vintage autos ↗REOS
  20. 32Khaki alternative ↗CHINO
  21. 33Played the first card ↗LED
  22. 34Possible score seven points after love-love ↗ADIN
  23. 36Follow ↗TAIL
  24. 37In unison, musically ↗ADUE
  25. 38Case of emergency? ↗ALLCAPS
  26. 39Source of a large print ↗BEARPAW
  27. 40Card game played with two decks ↗CANASTA
  28. 43Meat stick brand ↗SLIMJIM
  29. 44Commuter's charge ↗CARFARE
  30. 45Barraged with irrelevant material ↗SPAMMED
  31. 47HPs, e.g. ↗PCS
  32. 48First tennis player to achieve a Golden Slam ↗GRAF
  33. 50Become acquainted via Gmail, say ↗EMEET
  34. 51Jump ___ (horror movie staple) ↗SCARE
  35. 52Willing to take part in ↗UPFOR
  36. 56Pine ↗ACHE
  37. 58Confucian "way" ↗TAO
  38. 59Energize, with "up" ↗REV
  39. 60Suffix with capital ↗ISM