NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 9, 2026

Complete answer list for the February 9, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Matthew StockEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1The slightest bit ↗ATAD
  2. 5Mariner's septet ↗SEAS
  3. 9Picket line crosser ↗SCAB
  4. 13Like a situation with only bad outcomes ↗NOWIN
  5. 15St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park ↗ARCH
  6. 16Voice above tenor ↗ALTO
  7. 17Thanksgiving boatful ↗GRAVY
  8. 18Spanish cat ↗GATO
  9. 19Nutritionist's plan ↗DIET
  10. 20Main drag through Sin City ↗LASVEGASSTRIP
  11. 23"Fancy meeting you here!" ↗OHHI
  12. 24Apply, as a new skill ↗USE
  13. 25Indigenous Southwestern people ↗PUEBLO
  14. 28Body part that can serve as a pencil holder ↗EAR
  15. 30"Delicious!" ↗YUM
  16. 31Trireme implement ↗OAR
  17. 32Valuable bit in a prospector's pan ↗GOLDNUGGET
  18. 37Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally ↗HARD
  19. 38"Nope, not for me" ↗IMOUT
  20. 39Online "haha" ↗LOL
  21. 40Steep-walled canyon ↗GORGE
  22. 41Hoarse voice ↗RASP
  23. 42Hockey player who typically plays the entire game ↗GOALTENDER
  24. 44Explosive-sounding TV channel ↗TNT
  25. 45Crow's call ↗CAW
  26. 46Punk-inspired music genre ↗EMO
  27. 47Minor disruption in the proceedings ↗HICCUP
  28. 49[Their typo, not mine!] ↗SIC
  29. 51Be a passenger ↗RIDE
  30. 55Question to a scaredy-cat … to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!" ↗AREYOUCHICKEN
  31. 58"You have a point there" ↗TRUE
  32. 60Lake on Ohio's northern border ↗ERIE
  33. 61Nine-member musical group ↗NONET
  34. 62Lack of difficulty ↗EASE
  35. 63Pimples ↗ACNE
  36. 64Like a lot ↗ADORE
  37. 65Amazed ↗AWED
  38. 66From ___ to riches ↗RAGS
  39. 67Water pitcher ↗EWER

Down 39

  1. 1___-Saxon ↗ANGLO
  2. 2Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony ↗TORAH
  3. 3Overflowing (with) ↗AWASH
  4. 4Apportioned ↗DIVVIEDUP
  5. 5Long stories ↗SAGAS
  6. 6Wipe clean ↗ERASE
  7. 7"America's Got Talent" segments ↗ACTS
  8. 8Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball ↗SHOTPUT
  9. 9British novelist Jones ↗SADIE
  10. 10Portable writing surface ↗CLIPBOARD
  11. 11Devoured ↗ATE
  12. 12Spam spewer ↗BOT
  13. 14Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show ↗NYE
  14. 21Sanskrit word for "teacher" ↗GURU
  15. 22"Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___" ↗RUM
  16. 26Massive ↗LARGE
  17. 27Pick from the menu ↗ORDER
  18. 29Tiny hill dweller ↗ANT
  19. 30Bellow ↗YELL
  20. 32Measurement around the waist ↗GIRTH
  21. 33Resident of Muscat ↗OMANI
  22. 34Something that's beyond help ↗LOSTCAUSE
  23. 35Luminesce ↗GLOW
  24. 36India's smallest state by area ↗GOA
  25. 37What students abide by when they don't cheat ↗HONORCODE
  26. 40Precious stone ↗GEM
  27. 42Period before starting more school ↗GAPYEAR
  28. 43Georgia ___ (Atlanta school) ↗TECH
  29. 45Pool player's stick ↗CUE
  30. 48Words to live by ↗CREED
  31. 49Taking to court ↗SUING
  32. 50Some frozen drinks ↗ICEES
  33. 52"No need to remind me!" ↗IKNOW
  34. 53Outdoor John? ↗DEERE
  35. 54"Come in" ↗ENTER
  36. 56Oceanic predator ↗ORCA
  37. 57All ___ day's work ↗INA
  38. 58Drink served by the Mad Hatter ↗TEA
  39. 59Like the fish in poke ↗RAW