Home›NYT Crossword›February 19 2026

NYT Crossword February 19 2026 Answers

Deborah SimmonsDeborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated February 19 2026Sharef𝕏✉

All Clues & Answers

79 CLUESDIFFICULTY

Every answer from the Thursday, February 19 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by John Ewbank · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Punk rocker Joan4 lettersSee answer ›5Choctaw or Chickasaw5 lettersSee answer ›10Design detail4 lettersSee answer ›14"Up and ___!" (catchphrase for a physicist)4 lettersSee answer ›15In possession of6 lettersSee answer ›17Tibetan title4 lettersSee answer ›18Courting disaster, slangily18 lettersSee answer ›21Fraternity party order3 lettersSee answer ›22Symbol of protection3 lettersSee answer ›23Part of a window above the apron4 lettersSee answer ›24One-half of a golf partnership, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›25Sound of disapproval4 lettersSee answer ›27Concludes6 lettersSee answer ›29Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhaps16 lettersSee answer ›34Swindled5 lettersSee answer ›35Boxing champ Laila3 lettersSee answer ›36Subject of the Edward Snowden leaks, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›37Jot down4 lettersSee answer ›38Makes a noise like an electric fan6 lettersSee answer ›40Australian actor Eric4 lettersSee answer ›44"___ Father …"3 lettersSee answer ›46Concert souvenir3 lettersSee answer ›47River to the Rio Grande5 lettersSee answer ›48They may have knowledge of corporate secrets16 lettersSee answer ›51Be defeated by6 lettersSee answer ›52"___ of the D'Urbervilles"4 lettersSee answer ›53Big name in London3 lettersSee answer ›54Big beginning?4 lettersSee answer ›56Servant of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings"3 lettersSee answer ›57Short flight3 lettersSee answer ›60Better choice, given the options … or the circled squares vis-à-vis the shaded ones?16 lettersSee answer ›64Volunteer's words4 lettersSee answer ›65Completely immersed, perhaps6 lettersSee answer ›66Some colorful plastic items in the seasonal aisle in the spring4 lettersSee answer ›67Noted Punxsutawney resident4 lettersSee answer ›68Source of some aerial shots5 lettersSee answer ›69"Take ___!"4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Part of a royal flush4 lettersSee answer ›2Raison d'___4 lettersSee answer ›3Metaphor for a challenging puzzle8 lettersSee answer ›4"Eww … just eww"3 lettersSee answer ›5Want very much, with "for"6 lettersSee answer ›6Major, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›7Reproductive option, for short3 lettersSee answer ›8Some paragraphs in playbills4 lettersSee answer ›9Improve6 lettersSee answer ›10High-end camera, for short3 lettersSee answer ›11Penniless one6 lettersSee answer ›12Mideast leaders5 lettersSee answer ›13Spot to play baccarat6 lettersSee answer ›16Gas units7 lettersSee answer ›19Talking back to7 lettersSee answer ›20Is really bad, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›26Formed from molten lava7 lettersSee answer ›28Sunken treasure sites7 lettersSee answer ›29You can request a new one on religious grounds if it contains "666": Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›30"What was ___ think?"3 lettersSee answer ›31"Yeah, right!"3 lettersSee answer ›32Ruling class5 lettersSee answer ›33Fathers5 lettersSee answer ›38Dickens and Dickinson7 lettersSee answer ›39Varnish ingredient5 lettersSee answer ›41Card game clarification8 lettersSee answer ›42Neither's partner3 lettersSee answer ›43Buffoon3 lettersSee answer ›45"I'm at your disposal"5 lettersSee answer ›47Bishop, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›48Japanese word that's sometimes translated as "planted in a pot"6 lettersSee answer ›49Commentator's call after a missed field goal6 lettersSee answer ›50Took steps6 lettersSee answer ›51Medieval cure-all5 lettersSee answer ›53Radar operator's concern4 lettersSee answer ›55Over yonder4 lettersSee answer ›56Wilson of the Frat Pack4 lettersSee answer ›58Actress Kurylenko4 lettersSee answer ›59"Over here!"4 lettersSee answer ›61Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›62Fight-ending letters3 lettersSee answer ›63Screen, as a candidate3 lettersSee answer ›