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New York Times Crossword February 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for February 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Necklace fastener51 AcrossReveal answer → Physique, slangily36 AcrossReveal answer → "___ to that!"49 AcrossReveal answer → Textile city NNE of Paris513 AcrossReveal answer → New wave band with the hit "Whip It"414 AcrossReveal answer → Improvise, in jazz415 AcrossReveal answer → Stared rudely516 AcrossReveal answer → Late-night kitchen visit, e.g.417 AcrossReveal answer → Stench418 AcrossReveal answer → Longtime comic strip set in a medieval kingdom1319 AcrossReveal answer → Home for pigs322 AcrossReveal answer → Teen wearing heavy eyeliner, maybe423 AcrossReveal answer → Really, really cool624 AcrossReveal answer → "My dude!"327 AcrossReveal answer → Computer operating system developed by Bell Labs428 AcrossReveal answer → ___-Hulk330 AcrossReveal answer → Charge for airing a commercial531 AcrossReveal answer → Fictional lab assistant with a hunchback434 AcrossReveal answer → Stylish435 AcrossReveal answer → Capital of the Gem State, in a mailing address736 AcrossReveal answer → Possible cybercrime, informally738 AcrossReveal answer → M.I.T. Mystery ___ (annual puzzle competition)440 AcrossReveal answer → Close by441 AcrossReveal answer → Corrosion signs543 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium cheer344 AcrossReveal answer → Glance through445 AcrossReveal answer → Reader's Digest or Golf Digest, in brief346 AcrossReveal answer → Where clams are served647 AcrossReveal answer → Knotted (up)449 AcrossReveal answer → Rep.'s counterpart351 AcrossReveal answer → "Makes no difference to me"1354 AcrossReveal answer → Actress Kendrick457 AcrossReveal answer → Hourly pay rate459 AcrossReveal answer → Flock that honks560 AcrossReveal answer → Follow directions461 AcrossReveal answer → Conga, for one462 AcrossReveal answer → Chicago's ___ Planetarium563 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish girl464 AcrossReveal answer → Place to get a rubdown365 AcrossReveal answer → Voting spots566 AcrossReveal answer →

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Thickens, as cream51 DownReveal answer → Not heavy52 DownReveal answer → Narrow way between city buildings53 DownReveal answer → Whole bunch44 DownReveal answer → Horse's ancestral line85 DownReveal answer → Hearty embrace76 DownReveal answer → Roman poet who wrote "Metamorphoses"47 DownReveal answer → Dull-witted sort88 DownReveal answer → Eschew59 DownReveal answer → Frantic scrambles910 DownReveal answer → Rock subgenre with confessional lyrics311 DownReveal answer → "All Things Considered" airer312 DownReveal answer → "Fiddlesticks!"414 DownReveal answer → D.C.'s National ___320 DownReveal answer → Kind of number on an old business card321 DownReveal answer → Change gears525 DownReveal answer → Religious offshoots526 DownReveal answer → Top-tier427 DownReveal answer → Pinot ___429 DownReveal answer → Give 0 stars in a review, say531 DownReveal answer → One giving support during childbirth532 DownReveal answer → High-quality reds and whites933 DownReveal answer → Something to noodle on434 DownReveal answer → Drink very quickly435 DownReveal answer → Glitterati837 DownReveal answer → Shortfall of exports vis-à-vis imports839 DownReveal answer → One of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean742 DownReveal answer → Droop345 DownReveal answer → "It's just OK"346 DownReveal answer → Occasions for blowing out candles on cakes, informally548 DownReveal answer → Agenda bullet point450 DownReveal answer → Linger (on), as a topic551 DownReveal answer → Art supporter552 DownReveal answer → Mike who voiced Shrek in "Shrek"553 DownReveal answer → Wyatt at the O.K. Corral455 DownReveal answer → Make over456 DownReveal answer → Early leader in instant messaging357 DownReveal answer → Org. for the Raptors, but not the Blue Jays358 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, February 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.