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NYT Crossword February 3 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated February 3 2026

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Every answer from the Tuesday, February 3 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

1Daytona 500 org.6 lettersSee answer ›7Cloth shopping bags5 lettersSee answer ›12Advanced to the next round of musical chairs, say3 lettersSee answer ›15"Their exact words were …"6 lettersSee answer ›16Toy company behind Frisbees and Hula Hoops5 lettersSee answer ›17"Sex and the City" network3 lettersSee answer ›18Narrow, focused perspective12 lettersSee answer ›20"___ for one and one for ___!"3 lettersSee answer ›21E, on a compass4 lettersSee answer ›22Villain in Shakespeare's "Othello" and Disney's "Aladdin"4 lettersSee answer ›23Assigned a job6 lettersSee answer ›25Pizzeria fixtures5 lettersSee answer ›27Blackjack player's request5 lettersSee answer ›28Magazine for the small screen since 19537 lettersSee answer ›31Parent's curt response to a kid's "But why?"7 lettersSee answer ›33Ballet dancer's handrail5 lettersSee answer ›34Unaccompanied4 lettersSee answer ›35"You can say ___ again!"4 lettersSee answer ›37Place for a seaweed body wrap3 lettersSee answer ›38Sign near a freshly applied coat8 lettersSee answer ›42Number represented by candles on a cake3 lettersSee answer ›43Toe treatment, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›45___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac)4 lettersSee answer ›46"You win! I give up!"5 lettersSee answer ›48One might be sworn to it7 lettersSee answer ›50Golf count7 lettersSee answer ›52Dog harness attachment5 lettersSee answer ›53Beyond well-done5 lettersSee answer ›54Maker of skintight swimwear6 lettersSee answer ›56Exceptionally good, in Gen Z slang4 lettersSee answer ›57"Very funny!"4 lettersSee answer ›61Dallas N.B.A. player, for short3 lettersSee answer ›62What children should use at the library … and a literal description of the circled letters in this puzzle12 lettersSee answer ›65Any number raised to the 0th power3 lettersSee answer ›66"Say cheese!"5 lettersSee answer ›67People with custody of things, typically6 lettersSee answer ›68Toothpaste type3 lettersSee answer ›69Evil spells5 lettersSee answer ›70Feel remorse about6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Evening, in ads4 lettersSee answer ›2Blue-green hue4 lettersSee answer ›3Pair orbited by the fictional planet Tatooine4 lettersSee answer ›4Use makeup to sculpt and define, as facial features7 lettersSee answer ›5Had a meal3 lettersSee answer ›6Depended (on)6 lettersSee answer ›7Tiny tree branches5 lettersSee answer ›8Very4 lettersSee answer ›9Word before chi or after mai3 lettersSee answer ›108-) or ;-P8 lettersSee answer ›11Beethoven's "Moonlight ___"6 lettersSee answer ›12Burger chain with custard-based drinks10 lettersSee answer ›13Ready, willing and ___4 lettersSee answer ›14Spilled the beans4 lettersSee answer ›19Rooftop accessory often shaped like a rooster atop an arrow4 lettersSee answer ›24Salacious material4 lettersSee answer ›26Oceanfront room feature4 lettersSee answer ›27Prefix with pad or port4 lettersSee answer ›28One of eight in a stick of butter: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›29Uses an e-cigarette5 lettersSee answer ›30Stage of education10 lettersSee answer ›31Tusked swine4 lettersSee answer ›32Bird on Mexico's flag5 lettersSee answer ›34Fix, at the vet's4 lettersSee answer ›36Some concert souvenirs4 lettersSee answer ›39"Look this way, class"8 lettersSee answer ›40The "T" in STEM, informally4 lettersSee answer ›41Go sour, as milk4 lettersSee answer ›44Slurpee alternative4 lettersSee answer ›47Potentially suspicious response to "What are you doing?"7 lettersSee answer ›49Red bit in a salad6 lettersSee answer ›50"You betcha!"4 lettersSee answer ›51The ___ Project (mental health organization for LGBTQ+ youth)6 lettersSee answer ›53___ one's time (waits patiently)5 lettersSee answer ›54Skyline haze4 lettersSee answer ›55Window section4 lettersSee answer ›56Submit one's taxes4 lettersSee answer ›58Taiwanese PC maker4 lettersSee answer ›59"Present!"4 lettersSee answer ›60The "A" in T.A.: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›63Highest roll of a standard die3 lettersSee answer ›64Have debts3 lettersSee answer ›