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New York Times Crossword February 23 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword February 23 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 76 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BuffoonsBOZOS5Across1 Paula of "American Idol"ABDUL5Across6 Final use for an old T-shirtRAG3Across11 EnragedIRATE5Across14 What "my guitar gently" does, in a classic George Harrison songWEEPS5Across15 Mesozoic or PaleozoicERA3Across16 Home for a single guyBACHELORPAD11Across17 Animation sheetCEL3Across19 Hole for threading a laceEYELET6Across20 ___ fide (genuine)BONA4Across21 "Please like and subscribe" and the like, on YouTube videosOUTROS6Across22 Dr. Seuss book with the quote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."THELORAX8Across25 ___ TodayUSA3Across28 Kind of computer portUSB3Across29 Like the smell of treesWOODSY6Across31 Showed againRERAN5Across32 Zoom pastRACEBY6Across34 Psychotherapy switcheroos ... or what are hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across?ROLEREVERSALS13Across37 Text on a red, white and blue stickerIVOTED6Across41 Gender-neutral possessiveTHEIR5Across42 Ran afterCHASED6Across44 Opposite of WNWESE3Across47 To and ___FRO3Across49 Time machine car in "Back to the Future"DELOREAN8Across50 Made a grand speechORATED6Across53 Brother of AbelCAIN4Across55 Times between dusk and dawnNIGHTS6Across56 Had lunch, sayATE3Across58 Fruit with a "bellybutton"NAVELORANGE11Across59 What planets revolve aroundSUN3Across64 How often the time is 12:00 each dayTWICE5Across65 DecorateADORN5Across66 Mini-albumsEPS3Across67 ___ of TroyHELEN5Across68 Sat for a portraitPOSED5Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Accessory for a baby in a highchairBIB3Down1 British singer RitaORA3Down2 Efron of "The Greatest Showman"ZAC3Down3 Last multiple-choice option, oftenOTHER5Down4 Rude goodbye to an enemySEEYOUNEVER11Down5 Soldier who has failed to reportAWOL4Down6 Military capBERET5Down7 One of the three dimensionsDEPTH5Down8 Kick ___ fussUPA3Down9 Counterculture drug, in briefLSD3Down10 4.75 seconds to assemble a Mr. Potato Head, per GuinnessRECORD6Down11 Concert venuesARENAS6Down12 Milky Way, e.g.GALAXY6Down13 Not as muchLESS4Down18 "I crushed it!!!"BOOYAH6Down21 Not just myOUR3Down22 ___-friendlyUSER4Down23 Root used in making poiTARO4Down24 Large jugEWER4Down26 Cage for crustaceansLOBSTERTRAP11Down27 "American Psycho" author ___ Easton EllisBRET4Down30 Cartoonist BechdelALISON6Down33 Mass ___ (Boston thoroughfare)AVE3Down35 Give upCEDE4Down36 Was a passengerRODE4Down38 Democrats and Socialists, with "the"LEFT4Down39 FatherSIRE4Down40 Axle, e.g.ROD3Down43 Jewel boxCDCASE6Down44 Start to escalateHEATUP6Down45 ExtraterrestrialsALIENS6Down46 London theater districtSOHO4Down48 Object hitting people's heads in old cartoonsANVIL5Down51 Sibling's daughterNIECE5Down52 South American barbecueASADO5Down54 ValleyGLEN4Down57 High degreeNTH3Down59 Response to seeing an aurora, maybeAWE3Down60 RejectionsNOS3Down61 College sr.'s testGRE3Down62 63-Down, in this puzzleEND3Down63

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, February 23, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.