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NYT Crossword February 5 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, February 5 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Dives into5 lettersSee answer ›6Cause to crack up4 lettersSee answer ›10Pillow covering4 lettersSee answer ›14Florida's ___ National Forest5 lettersSee answer ›15Give quite a shock4 lettersSee answer ›16Antifur org.4 lettersSee answer ›19Sheltered from the wind4 lettersSee answer ›20Charge on imports4 lettersSee answer ›21Bible-inspired tourist attraction in Williamstown, Ky.3 lettersSee answer ›22Excel spreadsheets, essentially5 lettersSee answer ›23Go (for)3 lettersSee answer ›27"How dare you!" looks6 lettersSee answer ›29Tree whose "slippery" variety has medicinal bark3 lettersSee answer ›30Mistake "air" for "heir," say3 lettersSee answer ›31Chick checker of a sort5 lettersSee answer ›32Put one's hands together4 lettersSee answer ›34About4 lettersSee answer ›35Classic Jack Kerouac novel … or where you'll find 17-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across9 lettersSee answer ›38Fundamentals4 lettersSee answer ›41Helps out4 lettersSee answer ›42Spinal stack5 lettersSee answer ›46Grassy grazing ground3 lettersSee answer ›47Wrestling match ender3 lettersSee answer ›48Racer's final go-round6 lettersSee answer ›53Gershwin brother3 lettersSee answer ›54Adds to a stuffed suitcase, say5 lettersSee answer ›55Schedule pro3 lettersSee answer ›56Choice of bands, for short4 lettersSee answer ›57Church nook4 lettersSee answer ›58|X:X:X:X| |X:X:X:X| |X:X:X:X|10 lettersSee answer ›61Crown4 lettersSee answer ›62Dynamic starter?4 lettersSee answer ›63Fictional region that includes Bag End5 lettersSee answer ›64Slap (at)4 lettersSee answer ›65"Your turn," on a radio4 lettersSee answer ›66Sent up on social media, say5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Show-offs7 lettersSee answer ›2Not many7 lettersSee answer ›3Levy that helped fund the Erie Canal7 lettersSee answer ›4Friend in tough times4 lettersSee answer ›5Paragraph starter, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›6Archive5 lettersSee answer ›7Potato pancake for Hanukkah5 lettersSee answer ›8Campfire residue3 lettersSee answer ›9"Definitely!"3 lettersSee answer ›10Prince Harry, per his memoir's title5 lettersSee answer ›11Genomic shapes7 lettersSee answer ›12Put up with put-downs7 lettersSee answer ›13Baton wielder7 lettersSee answer ›18Galley implements4 lettersSee answer ›22Class that may require a change of clothes3 lettersSee answer ›24Leaves in a waiting room?4 lettersSee answer ›25Becomes tiresome5 lettersSee answer ›26Brand in the pet aisle4 lettersSee answer ›28Some vintage autos4 lettersSee answer ›32Khaki alternative5 lettersSee answer ›33Played the first card3 lettersSee answer ›34Possible score seven points after love-love4 lettersSee answer ›36Follow4 lettersSee answer ›37In unison, musically4 lettersSee answer ›38Case of emergency?7 lettersSee answer ›39Source of a large print7 lettersSee answer ›40Card game played with two decks7 lettersSee answer ›43Meat stick brand7 lettersSee answer ›44Commuter's charge7 lettersSee answer ›45Barraged with irrelevant material7 lettersSee answer ›47HPs, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›48First tennis player to achieve a Golden Slam4 lettersSee answer ›50Become acquainted via Gmail, say5 lettersSee answer ›51Jump ___ (horror movie staple)5 lettersSee answer ›52Willing to take part in5 lettersSee answer ›56Pine4 lettersSee answer ›58Confucian "way"3 lettersSee answer ›59Energize, with "up"3 lettersSee answer ›60Suffix with capital3 lettersSee answer ›