NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Mark DiehlEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1562 clues

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Across 27

  1. 1Breakfast bar item ↗WAFFLEMAKER
  2. 12Summer picnic side dish ↗MACARONISALAD
  3. 14Homo sapiens, e.g. ↗GENUSANDSPECIES
  4. 16Curio shop treasure ↗ODDITY
  5. 17Singer with the 2016 Grammy-winning soul ballad "Cranes in the Sky" ↗SOLANGE
  6. 18Losing propositions? ↗DIETS
  7. 19Keep-on-keeping-on quality ↗GRIT
  8. 21Cause for getting stuck ↗MIRE
  9. 22Not, colloquially ↗NARY
  10. 23Misdirect ↗FOOL
  11. 24Airbnb inclusion, usually ↗LINEN
  12. 25Some control buttons ↗ONS
  13. 26Like hand-to-hand fighting ↗CLOSERANGE
  14. 28On the starting line ↗READYTOGO
  15. 29Over/under and point spread ↗SPORTSBETS
  16. 31Small squeeze from a tube ↗DAB
  17. 34Dome-shaped Buddhist shrine ↗STUPA
  18. 35Fancy-schmancy ↗POSH
  19. 36Pronoun in Texas ↗YALL
  20. 37Instrument depicted in paintings by Hals and Caravaggio ↗LUTE
  21. 38"OMG"-evoking deed ↗FEAT
  22. 39Use for a yew ↗HEDGE
  23. 40As good as it gets ↗OPTIMAL
  24. 42Isle of Sappho ↗LESBOS
  25. 43They make low digits smaller ↗TOENAILSCISSORS
  26. 46What a pitcher tries to do ↗RETIRETHESIDE
  27. 47Former e-book devices, until 2014 ↗SONYREADERS

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  1. 1Can't keep on topic ↗WANDERS
  2. 2Sharpshooter's asset ↗ACUITY
  3. 3Preps for surgery, perhaps ↗FASTS
  4. 4Wear out around the edges ↗FRAY
  5. 5First name in Universal horror ↗LON
  6. 6Seldom-used PC key ↗END
  7. 7Long shot practice ↗MISSILETEST
  8. 8"Save me ___!" ↗ASPOT
  9. 9Pauline ___, former New Yorker film critic ↗KAEL
  10. 10Classic Chevy model ↗ELCAMINO
  11. 11Not fair, in a way ↗RAINING
  12. 12Strip down the Interstate ↗MEDIAN
  13. 13Student's goal ↗DEGREE
  14. 14"That can't possibly be right!" ↗GODNO
  15. 15Enjoying recognition ↗SEEN
  16. 19One of many in a bee, typically ↗GOODSPELLER
  17. 20Reptile with a colorful name ↗ROSYBOA
  18. 23Having lost all its fizz ↗FLAT
  19. 24Isn't keeping up ↗LAGS
  20. 26Michael who plays Allan in "Barbie" ↗CERA
  21. 27"Divergent" author Veronica ↗ROTH
  22. 28Ensnare for, as some undertakings ↗ROPEINTO
  23. 29A heavy drinker may be found in one ↗STUPOR
  24. 30Woolen leggings, as worn by W.W. I soldiers ↗PUTTEES
  25. 31Physiques that have gone a little soft ↗DADBODS
  26. 32Former veep with a Nobel Prize ↗ALGORE
  27. 33"___ This Mess" ↗BLESS
  28. 34Opening for a mail carrier ↗SLOT
  29. 36Private reply ↗YESSIR
  30. 38One of Oberon's subjects ↗FAIRY
  31. 39Author of "Steppenwolf" ↗HESSE
  32. 41Street ending at Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle ↗MAIN
  33. 42Wrote fiction? ↗LIED
  34. 44Many a professional office: Abbr. ↗STE
  35. 45The Hornets, on scoreboards ↗CHA