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NYT Crossword February 18 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, February 18 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Genre for James Brown or Al Green, informally5 lettersSee answer ›6Biblical name for Syria4 lettersSee answer ›10International agreements5 lettersSee answer ›15"That's ___" (Dean Martin classic)5 lettersSee answer ›16Plumb mad4 lettersSee answer ›17Ancient Greek marketplace5 lettersSee answer ›18Dwindled away10 lettersSee answer ›20___ Aran, heroine of Nintendo's Metroid5 lettersSee answer ›23Gullible one3 lettersSee answer ›24Pepper that's two steps above poblano on the Scoville scale7 lettersSee answer ›25Irritated outburst3 lettersSee answer ›28Carnaval city, informally3 lettersSee answer ›30Smallish batteries3 lettersSee answer ›31Reservoir producer3 lettersSee answer ›34Bounty9 lettersSee answer ›38Favorable starting point of an auto race4 lettersSee answer ›43The Farm Service Agcy. is part of it4 lettersSee answer ›44Some wand wielders9 lettersSee answer ›45Trident-shaped letter3 lettersSee answer ›46QB's call3 lettersSee answer ›49Write "their" for "there," say3 lettersSee answer ›50Slopping spot3 lettersSee answer ›51Offensively odorous7 lettersSee answer ›55Noted wildlife refuge3 lettersSee answer ›62Cara of "Fame" fame5 lettersSee answer ›63Digital capture10 lettersSee answer ›65Enchantress of Greek mythology5 lettersSee answer ›66Popular D.I.Y. website4 lettersSee answer ›67Go after5 lettersSee answer ›68Nincompoops5 lettersSee answer ›69Rackets4 lettersSee answer ›70Reduced to crumbs, say5 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1What a fall guy has to take, with "the"3 lettersSee answer ›2Home of the Big 12's Cyclones4 lettersSee answer ›3Terse denial4 lettersSee answer ›4Remains5 lettersSee answer ›5Leader of the Sharks in "West Side Story"8 lettersSee answer ›6Gucci of fashion4 lettersSee answer ›7Locales for some urban gardens5 lettersSee answer ›8Like the accents in "déclassé"5 lettersSee answer ›9Godzilla foe6 lettersSee answer ›10Elbows and bow ties6 lettersSee answer ›11Once more5 lettersSee answer ›12Best-selling home computers of the 1980s10 lettersSee answer ›13On the money4 lettersSee answer ›14Freshness4 lettersSee answer ›19Observation6 lettersSee answer ›22It might be a stretch for historians3 lettersSee answer ›25Fill an automobile tank … or boost the confidence of, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›26Deep chasm5 lettersSee answer ›27Pips10 lettersSee answer ›29Demon of Japanese folklore3 lettersSee answer ›32On guard5 lettersSee answer ›33Like some buns and bedrooms5 lettersSee answer ›35Org. for Wizards and Magic3 lettersSee answer ›36Includes, in a way3 lettersSee answer ›37One of the "six enemies of the mind," in Hinduism3 lettersSee answer ›38Big name in water filters3 lettersSee answer ›40Old-fashioned word that's a homophone of 49-Across3 lettersSee answer ›41Distressing encounter6 lettersSee answer ›42___ Howard, Oscar-nominated actor for 2005's "Hustle & Flow"8 lettersSee answer ›46New workmates6 lettersSee answer ›47Manipulate3 lettersSee answer ›48Cast6 lettersSee answer ›52Meager measure of compassion?5 lettersSee answer ›53Traditional rice cake snack on Japanese New Year5 lettersSee answer ›54Actor Zac of "High School Musical"5 lettersSee answer ›56Singer with the 2009 #1 hit "Tik Tok"5 lettersSee answer ›57Acronym on a W-24 lettersSee answer ›58Bluish-purple bloom4 lettersSee answer ›59Wraps (up)4 lettersSee answer ›60Tête-à-tête4 lettersSee answer ›61Firefighting aid4 lettersSee answer ›64X3 lettersSee answer ›