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NYT Crossword February 12 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, February 12 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1*Succeed5 lettersSee answer ›6Home of War in the Pacific National Historical Park4 lettersSee answer ›10Sign on some restroom doors3 lettersSee answer ›13Angular unit of measurement6 lettersSee answer ›15Sapa ___ ("the only emperor" in Quechua)4 lettersSee answer ›16Kitchen gadget brand3 lettersSee answer ›17Must pay6 lettersSee answer ›18*Public messages of appreciation8 lettersSee answer ›20Heavy metal band whose name is a big cat in Spanish7 lettersSee answer ›22Alternatively … !!!6 lettersSee answer ›23Sign out?4 lettersSee answer ›24Firehouse supply7 lettersSee answer ›26Take out, in a way3 lettersSee answer ›28"An idea …"3 lettersSee answer ›30Mount known to produce rare volcanic "smoke rings"4 lettersSee answer ›31Off-road ride, for short3 lettersSee answer ›32Horned mountain climber4 lettersSee answer ›34Pen6 lettersSee answer ›36Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"3 lettersSee answer ›37*New England-style chowder, for one7 lettersSee answer ›39___-weekly (mag type)3 lettersSee answer ›40Small surgical instrument6 lettersSee answer ›42Wraps up4 lettersSee answer ›43Wield3 lettersSee answer ›44Ingrid Bergman's "Casablanca" role4 lettersSee answer ›45Stuff with strands3 lettersSee answer ›46College subj. that can be evolutionary or behavioral3 lettersSee answer ›47Lightweight fabric for a handkerchief7 lettersSee answer ›50Tomato type4 lettersSee answer ›53Digs for dogs6 lettersSee answer ›54*Long-legged wader7 lettersSee answer ›58Provide comfort, in a way … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Across clues8 lettersSee answer ›60Northeastern prep school or its town6 lettersSee answer ›61"What's the ___?!"3 lettersSee answer ›62Surrender4 lettersSee answer ›63Ceramics component6 lettersSee answer ›64Web portal with a butterfly logo3 lettersSee answer ›65Schooner's stabilizer4 lettersSee answer ›66Some spa treatments5 lettersSee answer ›

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1What a phone call or new album might do4 lettersSee answer ›27-Eleven competitor on the East Coast4 lettersSee answer ›3Tree of knowledge locale4 lettersSee answer ›4Directory name6 lettersSee answer ›5*Behind in payment5 lettersSee answer ›6Ones "over there" in "Over There," in brief3 lettersSee answer ›7Sacrilegious6 lettersSee answer ›8Legend, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›9Beat in chess5 lettersSee answer ›10Mechanisms that are often spring-loaded10 lettersSee answer ›11*Forevermore10 lettersSee answer ›12Us, in Spanish3 lettersSee answer ›14Sushi seaweed type4 lettersSee answer ›19From further back5 lettersSee answer ›21Befuddled5 lettersSee answer ›25Coarse, as language5 lettersSee answer ›26Quickly smooch … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Down clues10 lettersSee answer ›27Square10 lettersSee answer ›29*Word appearing 51 times in the New Testament5 lettersSee answer ›31Speak extemporaneously5 lettersSee answer ›32Makeup of some shelves3 lettersSee answer ›33Lunch item usually eaten with two hands, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›34Cow's mouthful3 lettersSee answer ›35Photo ___3 lettersSee answer ›38Wolf (down)5 lettersSee answer ›41Michael nominated for Oscars in five different decades5 lettersSee answer ›45Fool6 lettersSee answer ›46Hollywood's Anderson or Bach6 lettersSee answer ›48Nosh5 lettersSee answer ›49Little laugh5 lettersSee answer ›51Sounds from un estadio4 lettersSee answer ›52*Severely harm5 lettersSee answer ›55Words of affirmation4 lettersSee answer ›56Resting place for a boa4 lettersSee answer ›57Pâté de foie ___4 lettersSee answer ›58Unpleasant discovery under a desk3 lettersSee answer ›59Hair raiser?3 lettersSee answer ›