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NYT Crossword February 15 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, February 15 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Michael Lieberman and Rebecca Goldstein · Edited by Will Shortz · “Good to the Last Drop”

Across

1Do a little too well?4 lettersSee answer ›5Tops4 lettersSee answer ›9Resident of Ayrshire or Lanarkshire4 lettersSee answer ›13No time at all6 lettersSee answer ›19Discouraged action4 lettersSee answer ›20Mouthy?4 lettersSee answer ›21"What a relief!"4 lettersSee answer ›22Brought (out)7 lettersSee answer ›24Completely destroy with a blast14 lettersSee answer ›27Gaia, by another name7 lettersSee answer ›28Something typically taken every 10 years6 lettersSee answer ›29Doodled4 lettersSee answer ›30Certain bridge positions5 lettersSee answer ›32Segment of a timeline, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›33The moon's "maria"4 lettersSee answer ›36Circa6 lettersSee answer ›38"Rhoda" actress Valerie6 lettersSee answer ›40Version of a textbook designed for instruction8 lettersSee answer ›44Salon substance6 lettersSee answer ›45Muppet who loves pigeons4 lettersSee answer ›46"My life is over"8 lettersSee answer ›47Sharpness4 lettersSee answer ›48Sarcastic response to a show-off8 lettersSee answer ›52Walked gingerly6 lettersSee answer ›53Product with Pro, Air and Mini varieties4 lettersSee answer ›55Conical shelter6 lettersSee answer ›57Use salt instead of sugar while baking, say3 lettersSee answer ›58Skewered Indonesian dish5 lettersSee answer ›60___ Winter, basketball coach who famously innovated the "triangle offense"3 lettersSee answer ›61Had a brain fart7 lettersSee answer ›66Top-left PC key3 lettersSee answer ›69Like some simple repair jobs, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›70Grilled South American fare5 lettersSee answer ›72Smoothed (out)6 lettersSee answer ›73"Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle22 lettersSee answer ›78Science-and-nature magazine, familiarly6 lettersSee answer ›79Muckety-muck5 lettersSee answer ›80Frequently, poetically3 lettersSee answer ›81Fair-hiring inits.3 lettersSee answer ›82Chemical element whose use led to the first known law against poisoning7 lettersSee answer ›84Herman ___ (potato chip entrepreneur)3 lettersSee answer ›85More sardonic5 lettersSee answer ›87Rest area?3 lettersSee answer ›90Speeds of slow-moving traffic6 lettersSee answer ›92"It's ___ real"4 lettersSee answer ›93Delicate, as beauty6 lettersSee answer ›96Photo-editing technique used to create a smooth transition8 lettersSee answer ›100Wear (out)4 lettersSee answer ›102Middle-of-the-night woe8 lettersSee answer ›104Duchess of ___ (noted Spanish title)4 lettersSee answer ›105Made younger-looking in an editing studio, say6 lettersSee answer ›107Reality TV franchise created by Tyra Banks8 lettersSee answer ›108Philosophy symbolized by yin and yang6 lettersSee answer ›111Ruby lookalike6 lettersSee answer ›112Throw, in modern slang4 lettersSee answer ›113Fort Collins sch.3 lettersSee answer ›114Calls to task?5 lettersSee answer ›116Company behind the machine used to make Slurpees4 lettersSee answer ›118Kind of paper in a lab6 lettersSee answer ›123In back7 lettersSee answer ›125"Wait, are we done?"14 lettersSee answer ›129Queen of the fairies7 lettersSee answer ›130Dueling weapon4 lettersSee answer ›131Skin softener4 lettersSee answer ›132Fruit also known as a "uniq"4 lettersSee answer ›133Largest bird in North America6 lettersSee answer ›134X-ray units4 lettersSee answer ›135Immodest4 lettersSee answer ›136"You can't make me!," e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1"The Exchange" airer4 lettersSee answer ›2Flaw in an argument4 lettersSee answer ›3Unknown author, for short4 lettersSee answer ›4Squabbles4 lettersSee answer ›5Unresolved parts of a plot9 lettersSee answer ›6Org. to which you might provide your bank account info3 lettersSee answer ›7Renewable energy structure3 lettersSee answer ›8Lost traction4 lettersSee answer ›9Globelike shape8 lettersSee answer ›10Dress down7 lettersSee answer ›11Poetic contraction3 lettersSee answer ›12Many middle schoolers6 lettersSee answer ›13Ones pressed for cash?4 lettersSee answer ›14Top of a latte5 lettersSee answer ›15Mucho5 lettersSee answer ›16M.L.B. team that once went by OAK on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›17In hot water?7 lettersSee answer ›18Fashion designer Carolina7 lettersSee answer ›23Shortage6 lettersSee answer ›25Behind6 lettersSee answer ›26Certain public transit network7 lettersSee answer ›31Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube5 lettersSee answer ›34"People ___ Strange" (the Doors song)3 lettersSee answer ›35Conduct inciting an insurrection8 lettersSee answer ›37World's first billion-dollar corporation7 lettersSee answer ›39Sac fly result3 lettersSee answer ›40Game piece in Rummikub4 lettersSee answer ›41Royal title4 lettersSee answer ›42Where jet-setters may rub elbows8 lettersSee answer ›43Chalice3 lettersSee answer ›49P.D. alert3 lettersSee answer ›50Prefix meaning "sun"5 lettersSee answer ›51"Heavens to Betsy!"6 lettersSee answer ›54Subscription-only website feature7 lettersSee answer ›56Look into7 lettersSee answer ›59Contribute3 lettersSee answer ›60Chicago paper, informally4 lettersSee answer ›62N.Y.C. neighborhood that's home to the Grey Art Museum4 lettersSee answer ›63Lower-body exercise8 lettersSee answer ›64Occupational suffix3 lettersSee answer ›65J.F.K. predecessor3 lettersSee answer ›67Aromatic herb4 lettersSee answer ›68Hold tightly6 lettersSee answer ›70Mariner's greeting4 lettersSee answer ›71Natural attraction8 lettersSee answer ›73Two peas ___ pod3 lettersSee answer ›74Pitch3 lettersSee answer ›75French wine region5 lettersSee answer ›76LeBron James or Nikola Jokic7 lettersSee answer ›77Delivery person's assignment: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›83"Wheels"3 lettersSee answer ›85Beverage infused with THC7 lettersSee answer ›86Fixed, as a "m-i-t-s-a-k-e"9 lettersSee answer ›88County in western New York4 lettersSee answer ›89Deck out?4 lettersSee answer ›91Shoe with a thick sole5 lettersSee answer ›92Part of an equestrian's ensemble8 lettersSee answer ›94Small songbird6 lettersSee answer ›95Benefit plan option, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›96Wealthy sort6 lettersSee answer ›97Stretchy7 lettersSee answer ›98"Next on my list"7 lettersSee answer ›99___ chi3 lettersSee answer ›101Lit up, in a way7 lettersSee answer ›103___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood)3 lettersSee answer ›106Less challenging6 lettersSee answer ›109Shell out5 lettersSee answer ›110Video game character aptly celebrated on Mar. 105 lettersSee answer ›115Bicyclist's setting4 lettersSee answer ›117Latin list ender4 lettersSee answer ›119Lead-in to a conclusion4 lettersSee answer ›120___ Millions (multistate lottery)4 lettersSee answer ›121Some addresses4 lettersSee answer ›122Dos + cuatro4 lettersSee answer ›124China's largest ethnic group3 lettersSee answer ›126Wellness resort offering3 lettersSee answer ›127Horn contents at a Viking feast3 lettersSee answer ›128Depressed3 lettersSee answer ›