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NYT Crossword February 8 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, February 8 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Crafty sort7 lettersSee answer ›8Vegetables that should typically be sliced lengthwise before washing5 lettersSee answer ›13Cowboy on the pampas6 lettersSee answer ›19"Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" sculptor7 lettersSee answer ›20Supplement6 lettersSee answer ›22Get in on the game6 lettersSee answer ›23Scrunchie, e.g.14 lettersSee answer ›25"Oh, cruel fate!"6 lettersSee answer ›26Autocorrect target4 lettersSee answer ›27Classification4 lettersSee answer ›28Sports franchises, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›30Fine-grained wood in some woodwind instruments4 lettersSee answer ›31Social norms5 lettersSee answer ›34Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison nickname)5 lettersSee answer ›35Disney heroine based on New Orleans chef Leah Chase5 lettersSee answer ›36USA, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›39Title for William beginning in 202213 lettersSee answer ›42Hawk homes6 lettersSee answer ›43In view4 lettersSee answer ›44Money in rock ’n' roll5 lettersSee answer ›45Nonprofit group behind Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog12 lettersSee answer ›48Patron of sailors6 lettersSee answer ›52Work with a needle3 lettersSee answer ›53Position in basketball5 lettersSee answer ›54___ Kippur3 lettersSee answer ›57Looks through someone's phone, say6 lettersSee answer ›59Pointers for a fencer?5 lettersSee answer ›61Slacken6 lettersSee answer ›64[Bo-o-oring!]5 lettersSee answer ›65Pop, to a tot4 lettersSee answer ›67Explicit command11 lettersSee answer ›71One-named singer with four Grammys4 lettersSee answer ›72Relative of a heron5 lettersSee answer ›74Sirenlike6 lettersSee answer ›75What a sad person might break into5 lettersSee answer ›771987 Dreyfuss/DeVito comedy6 lettersSee answer ›80Philosopher Kierkegaard5 lettersSee answer ›82Dig up dirt?3 lettersSee answer ›85It typically has a string attached6 lettersSee answer ›87Bright shade similar to magenta12 lettersSee answer ›91"Things Fall ___" (Chinua Achebe novel)5 lettersSee answer ›94"Oh, cruel fate!"4 lettersSee answer ›95Canadian coin featuring a polar bear, informally6 lettersSee answer ›96Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologist13 lettersSee answer ›101Weasel relatives7 lettersSee answer ›102A water molecule contains three of these5 lettersSee answer ›103Vexillologist's subject5 lettersSee answer ›104Stone measure5 lettersSee answer ›105Explorer with her monkey friend Boots4 lettersSee answer ›106Bud of baseball5 lettersSee answer ›107What Excedrin relieves4 lettersSee answer ›109Strawberry ___ Refresher (Starbucks drink)4 lettersSee answer ›113Stir up6 lettersSee answer ›115Hit reality TV series suggested by this puzzle's groups of circled letters14 lettersSee answer ›119Place for a shoelace6 lettersSee answer ›120Manning with two Super Bowl rings6 lettersSee answer ›121"You can count on me!"7 lettersSee answer ›122Talks back to6 lettersSee answer ›123Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde"5 lettersSee answer ›124Patronized, as a restaurant7 lettersSee answer ›

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1Words on either side of "___ is ___"4 lettersSee answer ›2Bank (on)4 lettersSee answer ›3Sting operation4 lettersSee answer ›4Trouble with Z's?8 lettersSee answer ›5Take a load off3 lettersSee answer ›6Singer DiFranco who created Righteous Babe Records3 lettersSee answer ›7Small change6 lettersSee answer ›8Tilt4 lettersSee answer ›9Werewolf on TV's "Wednesday"4 lettersSee answer ›10Slip up3 lettersSee answer ›11Wee mewer6 lettersSee answer ›12Prestigious academic journal since 18807 lettersSee answer ›13Résumé problems, at times4 lettersSee answer ›14365 días3 lettersSee answer ›15More ideal?6 lettersSee answer ›16Trix or Kix6 lettersSee answer ›17___ society6 lettersSee answer ›18Performances at Paris's Palais Garnier6 lettersSee answer ›21Well again6 lettersSee answer ›24Quick hellos3 lettersSee answer ›29Vibes5 lettersSee answer ›32Jumpy6 lettersSee answer ›33What many a shelter animal hopes to be7 lettersSee answer ›34BMW offering since 20004 lettersSee answer ›35Many boy band fans6 lettersSee answer ›362019 film that one reviewer called "purr-fectly dreadful"4 lettersSee answer ›37Villainous chortle4 lettersSee answer ›38"Can I go now?"9 lettersSee answer ›39Await settlement, as a payment4 lettersSee answer ›40Partner of Parks, informally3 lettersSee answer ›41Goes well with4 lettersSee answer ›43California's Big ___3 lettersSee answer ›46Band with the 1995 hit "Wonderwall"5 lettersSee answer ›47Clorox competitor5 lettersSee answer ›49Individualist5 lettersSee answer ›50Drink from a tub?9 lettersSee answer ›51Concert broadcast that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›55The Who's "Love, Reign ___ Me"3 lettersSee answer ›56Makeup of some face masks3 lettersSee answer ›58Vast amount3 lettersSee answer ›60Italian city known for its cheese5 lettersSee answer ›61Vapes5 lettersSee answer ›62Georgia airport, for short3 lettersSee answer ›63___ dish5 lettersSee answer ›65Annual reason for lost sleep: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›66Fighting4 lettersSee answer ›68Pi follower3 lettersSee answer ›69"Uhh …," to Brits3 lettersSee answer ›70Come back in7 lettersSee answer ›73Alternatives to gyro platters6 lettersSee answer ›76Variety of rabbit or goat6 lettersSee answer ›78What a tall collar covers4 lettersSee answer ›80Read quickly4 lettersSee answer ›81Gives the green light3 lettersSee answer ›83"I've got this"4 lettersSee answer ›84Barely scrapes (by)4 lettersSee answer ›86Social blunder5 lettersSee answer ›88Amateur radio devotees4 lettersSee answer ›89Greeting in Brazil3 lettersSee answer ›90Easily moved8 lettersSee answer ›92Arrive by car6 lettersSee answer ›93Gym staff member7 lettersSee answer ›96Set of nine dancing in "The 12 Days of Christmas"6 lettersSee answer ›972017 figure skating biopic6 lettersSee answer ›98Compels6 lettersSee answer ›99Things that typically build up during vacation6 lettersSee answer ›100Easter purchase6 lettersSee answer ›101Social media tribute to a celeb, say6 lettersSee answer ›104Tech company exec3 lettersSee answer ›106Hollywood workplaces4 lettersSee answer ›107Major-leaguers4 lettersSee answer ›108Something hard to face?4 lettersSee answer ›110Small bug?4 lettersSee answer ›111___ Minor4 lettersSee answer ›112Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely"4 lettersSee answer ›114Vex, with "off"3 lettersSee answer ›116Summer on the Riviera3 lettersSee answer ›117Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records3 lettersSee answer ›118Led3 lettersSee answer ›