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New York Times Crossword February 23 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for February 23 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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Buffoons51 AcrossReveal answer → Paula of "American Idol"56 AcrossReveal answer → Final use for an old T-shirt311 AcrossReveal answer → Enraged514 AcrossReveal answer → What "my guitar gently" does, in a classic George Harrison song515 AcrossReveal answer → Mesozoic or Paleozoic316 AcrossReveal answer → Home for a single guy1117 AcrossReveal answer → Animation sheet319 AcrossReveal answer → Hole for threading a lace620 AcrossReveal answer → ___ fide (genuine)421 AcrossReveal answer → "Please like and subscribe" and the like, on YouTube videos622 AcrossReveal answer → Dr. Seuss book with the quote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."825 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Today328 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of computer port329 AcrossReveal answer → Like the smell of trees631 AcrossReveal answer → Showed again532 AcrossReveal answer → Zoom past634 AcrossReveal answer → Psychotherapy switcheroos ... or what are hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across?1337 AcrossReveal answer → Text on a red, white and blue sticker641 AcrossReveal answer → Gender-neutral possessive542 AcrossReveal answer → Ran after644 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite of WNW347 AcrossReveal answer → To and ___349 AcrossReveal answer → Time machine car in "Back to the Future"850 AcrossReveal answer → Made a grand speech653 AcrossReveal answer → Brother of Abel455 AcrossReveal answer → Times between dusk and dawn656 AcrossReveal answer → Had lunch, say358 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit with a "bellybutton"1159 AcrossReveal answer → What planets revolve around364 AcrossReveal answer → How often the time is 12:00 each day565 AcrossReveal answer → Decorate566 AcrossReveal answer → Mini-albums367 AcrossReveal answer → ___ of Troy568 AcrossReveal answer → Sat for a portrait569 AcrossReveal answer →

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Accessory for a baby in a highchair31 DownReveal answer → British singer Rita32 DownReveal answer → Efron of "The Greatest Showman"33 DownReveal answer → Last multiple-choice option, often54 DownReveal answer → Rude goodbye to an enemy115 DownReveal answer → Soldier who has failed to report46 DownReveal answer → Military cap57 DownReveal answer → One of the three dimensions58 DownReveal answer → Kick ___ fuss39 DownReveal answer → Counterculture drug, in brief310 DownReveal answer → 4.75 seconds to assemble a Mr. Potato Head, per Guinness611 DownReveal answer → Concert venues612 DownReveal answer → Milky Way, e.g.613 DownReveal answer → Not as much418 DownReveal answer → "I crushed it!!!"621 DownReveal answer → Not just my322 DownReveal answer → ___-friendly423 DownReveal answer → Root used in making poi424 DownReveal answer → Large jug426 DownReveal answer → Cage for crustaceans1127 DownReveal answer → "American Psycho" author ___ Easton Ellis430 DownReveal answer → Cartoonist Bechdel633 DownReveal answer → Mass ___ (Boston thoroughfare)335 DownReveal answer → Give up436 DownReveal answer → Was a passenger438 DownReveal answer → Democrats and Socialists, with "the"439 DownReveal answer → Father440 DownReveal answer → Axle, e.g.343 DownReveal answer → Jewel box644 DownReveal answer → Start to escalate645 DownReveal answer → Extraterrestrials646 DownReveal answer → London theater district448 DownReveal answer → Object hitting people's heads in old cartoons551 DownReveal answer → Sibling's daughter552 DownReveal answer → South American barbecue554 DownReveal answer → Valley457 DownReveal answer → High degree359 DownReveal answer → Response to seeing an aurora, maybe360 DownReveal answer → Rejections361 DownReveal answer → College sr.'s test362 DownReveal answer → 63-Down, in this puzzle363 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, February 23, 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.