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NYT Crossword February 9 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, February 9 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

1The slightest bit4 lettersSee answer ›5Mariner's septet4 lettersSee answer ›9Picket line crosser4 lettersSee answer ›13Like a situation with only bad outcomes5 lettersSee answer ›15St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park4 lettersSee answer ›16Voice above tenor4 lettersSee answer ›17Thanksgiving boatful5 lettersSee answer ›18Spanish cat4 lettersSee answer ›19Nutritionist's plan4 lettersSee answer ›20Main drag through Sin City13 lettersSee answer ›23"Fancy meeting you here!"4 lettersSee answer ›24Apply, as a new skill3 lettersSee answer ›25Indigenous Southwestern people6 lettersSee answer ›28Body part that can serve as a pencil holder3 lettersSee answer ›30"Delicious!"3 lettersSee answer ›31Trireme implement3 lettersSee answer ›32Valuable bit in a prospector's pan10 lettersSee answer ›37Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally4 lettersSee answer ›38"Nope, not for me"5 lettersSee answer ›39Online "haha"3 lettersSee answer ›40Steep-walled canyon5 lettersSee answer ›41Hoarse voice4 lettersSee answer ›42Hockey player who typically plays the entire game10 lettersSee answer ›44Explosive-sounding TV channel3 lettersSee answer ›45Crow's call3 lettersSee answer ›46Punk-inspired music genre3 lettersSee answer ›47Minor disruption in the proceedings6 lettersSee answer ›49[Their typo, not mine!]3 lettersSee answer ›51Be a passenger4 lettersSee answer ›55Question to a scaredy-cat … to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!"13 lettersSee answer ›58"You have a point there"4 lettersSee answer ›60Lake on Ohio's northern border4 lettersSee answer ›61Nine-member musical group5 lettersSee answer ›62Lack of difficulty4 lettersSee answer ›63Pimples4 lettersSee answer ›64Like a lot5 lettersSee answer ›65Amazed4 lettersSee answer ›66From ___ to riches4 lettersSee answer ›67Water pitcher4 lettersSee answer ›

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1___-Saxon5 lettersSee answer ›2Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony5 lettersSee answer ›3Overflowing (with)5 lettersSee answer ›4Apportioned9 lettersSee answer ›5Long stories5 lettersSee answer ›6Wipe clean5 lettersSee answer ›7"America's Got Talent" segments4 lettersSee answer ›8Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball7 lettersSee answer ›9British novelist Jones5 lettersSee answer ›10Portable writing surface9 lettersSee answer ›11Devoured3 lettersSee answer ›12Spam spewer3 lettersSee answer ›14Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show3 lettersSee answer ›21Sanskrit word for "teacher"4 lettersSee answer ›22"Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___"3 lettersSee answer ›26Massive5 lettersSee answer ›27Pick from the menu5 lettersSee answer ›29Tiny hill dweller3 lettersSee answer ›30Bellow4 lettersSee answer ›32Measurement around the waist5 lettersSee answer ›33Resident of Muscat5 lettersSee answer ›34Something that's beyond help9 lettersSee answer ›35Luminesce4 lettersSee answer ›36India's smallest state by area3 lettersSee answer ›37What students abide by when they don't cheat9 lettersSee answer ›40Precious stone3 lettersSee answer ›42Period before starting more school7 lettersSee answer ›43Georgia ___ (Atlanta school)4 lettersSee answer ›45Pool player's stick3 lettersSee answer ›48Words to live by5 lettersSee answer ›49Taking to court5 lettersSee answer ›50Some frozen drinks5 lettersSee answer ›52"No need to remind me!"5 lettersSee answer ›53Outdoor John?5 lettersSee answer ›54"Come in"5 lettersSee answer ›56Oceanic predator4 lettersSee answer ›57All ___ day's work3 lettersSee answer ›58Drink served by the Mad Hatter3 lettersSee answer ›59Like the fish in poke3 lettersSee answer ›