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NYT Crossword February 16 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, February 16 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Necklace fastener5 lettersSee answer ›6Physique, slangily3 lettersSee answer ›9"___ to that!"4 lettersSee answer ›13Textile city NNE of Paris5 lettersSee answer ›14New wave band with the hit "Whip It"4 lettersSee answer ›15Improvise, in jazz4 lettersSee answer ›16Stared rudely5 lettersSee answer ›17Late-night kitchen visit, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›18Stench4 lettersSee answer ›19Longtime comic strip set in a medieval kingdom13 lettersSee answer ›22Home for pigs3 lettersSee answer ›23Teen wearing heavy eyeliner, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›24Really, really cool6 lettersSee answer ›27"My dude!"3 lettersSee answer ›28Computer operating system developed by Bell Labs4 lettersSee answer ›30___-Hulk3 lettersSee answer ›31Charge for airing a commercial5 lettersSee answer ›34Fictional lab assistant with a hunchback4 lettersSee answer ›35Stylish4 lettersSee answer ›36Capital of the Gem State, in a mailing address7 lettersSee answer ›38Possible cybercrime, informally7 lettersSee answer ›40M.I.T. Mystery ___ (annual puzzle competition)4 lettersSee answer ›41Close by4 lettersSee answer ›43Corrosion signs5 lettersSee answer ›44Stadium cheer3 lettersSee answer ›45Glance through4 lettersSee answer ›46Reader's Digest or Golf Digest, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›47Where clams are served6 lettersSee answer ›49Knotted (up)4 lettersSee answer ›51Rep.'s counterpart3 lettersSee answer ›54"Makes no difference to me"13 lettersSee answer ›57Actress Kendrick4 lettersSee answer ›59Hourly pay rate4 lettersSee answer ›60Flock that honks5 lettersSee answer ›61Follow directions4 lettersSee answer ›62Conga, for one4 lettersSee answer ›63Chicago's ___ Planetarium5 lettersSee answer ›64Scottish girl4 lettersSee answer ›65Place to get a rubdown3 lettersSee answer ›66Voting spots5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Thickens, as cream5 lettersSee answer ›2Not heavy5 lettersSee answer ›3Narrow way between city buildings5 lettersSee answer ›4Whole bunch4 lettersSee answer ›5Horse's ancestral line8 lettersSee answer ›6Hearty embrace7 lettersSee answer ›7Roman poet who wrote "Metamorphoses"4 lettersSee answer ›8Dull-witted sort8 lettersSee answer ›9Eschew5 lettersSee answer ›10Frantic scrambles9 lettersSee answer ›11Rock subgenre with confessional lyrics3 lettersSee answer ›12"All Things Considered" airer3 lettersSee answer ›14"Fiddlesticks!"4 lettersSee answer ›20D.C.'s National ___3 lettersSee answer ›21Kind of number on an old business card3 lettersSee answer ›25Change gears5 lettersSee answer ›26Religious offshoots5 lettersSee answer ›27Top-tier4 lettersSee answer ›29Pinot ___4 lettersSee answer ›31Give 0 stars in a review, say5 lettersSee answer ›32One giving support during childbirth5 lettersSee answer ›33High-quality reds and whites9 lettersSee answer ›34Something to noodle on4 lettersSee answer ›35Drink very quickly4 lettersSee answer ›37Glitterati8 lettersSee answer ›39Shortfall of exports vis-à-vis imports8 lettersSee answer ›42One of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean7 lettersSee answer ›45Droop3 lettersSee answer ›46"It's just OK"3 lettersSee answer ›48Occasions for blowing out candles on cakes, informally5 lettersSee answer ›50Agenda bullet point4 lettersSee answer ›51Linger (on), as a topic5 lettersSee answer ›52Art supporter5 lettersSee answer ›53Mike who voiced Shrek in "Shrek"5 lettersSee answer ›55Wyatt at the O.K. Corral4 lettersSee answer ›56Make over4 lettersSee answer ›57Early leader in instant messaging3 lettersSee answer ›58Org. for the Raptors, but not the Blue Jays3 lettersSee answer ›