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New York Times Crossword February 28 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword February 28 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 68 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#
Set unambitious goalsAIMLOW6Across1 One playing beerball, perhapsFRATBOY7Across7 Tolkien ring bearerSMEAGOL7Across14 Precious personDEARONE7Across16 Phrase you might say while pointing at a photographTHATSME7Across17 Goes against the rule?REVOLTS7Across18 Musical set in Alphabet CityRENT4Across19 Term of endearment appropriated from 9-DownBAE3Across20 Part of a Blues Brothers outfitFEDORA6Across22 Animated friend of Sebastian the crabARIEL5Across23 Some arm muscles, informallyTRIS4Across25 Cassiterite is a source of itTIN3Across27 Robert Frost's middle nameLEE3Across28 ___ Allen Express, Amtrak train from New York City to Burlington, Vt.ETHAN5Across29 Innermost moon of NeptuneNAIAD5Across31 Pressure gauge?STRESSLEVEL11Across33 Past, colloquiallyBEFORETIMES11Across35 Symbols used to group blocks of computer codeCURLYBRACES11Across36 Was on the sidelinesSATBY5Across37 BreathlessnessAPNEA5Across38 Polynesian staplePOI3Across39 Not mainstream, as some music genresALT3Across42 FussFRET4Across43 Weakens, as an overly strong character, in video game lingoNERFS5Across44 Angora fabricMOHAIR6Across46 UtmostNTH3Across49 ___ Tung, star of cable TV's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"LOLA4Across51 Did a bedtime taskBRUSHED7Across52 Modern banking convenienceAUTOPAY7Across54 Musical sample added for excitementAIRHORN7Across56 Animals in an early-2000s virtual fadNEOPETS7Across57 Entered againRETYPED7Across58 One might play at homeSTEREO6Across59

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Kind of projectionASTRAL6Down1 Call at a roll callIMHERE6Down2 Big jerkMEANIE6Down3 Drink often sippedLATTE5Down4 Rap pioneers, slangilyOGS3Down5 Space to develop as a person?WOMB4Down6 In brief, to whom Grover Cleveland once said "I am making a strange wish for you ... that you may never be president of the United States"FDR3Down7 School houses?REEFS5Down8 Dialect that is responsible for a large majority of Gen Z slangAAVE4Down9 Put one's foot downTROD4Down10 Decorative items worn at Western galasBOLOTIES8Down11 Like defendants at courtONTRIAL7Down12 Principle of improv comedyYESAND6Down13 Gay nightlife spot with a dress requirementLEATHERBAR10Down15 Error correction toolERASERPEN9Down21 Uncork, so to speakLETFLY6Down24 Body bronzerINSTANTTAN10Down26 ___ Story (punny nickname for the "Iliad")TROY4Down30 Like the lion killed by HerculesNEMEAN6Down31 Scientific classification for birdsAVES4Down32 Tesla, for oneSERB4Down33 Affliction treated with a nit combLICE4Down34 Acting like a sore loser, informallyBUTTHURT8Down35 ___ counterCALORIE7Down36 South Indian lentil stewSAMBAR6Down37 Following etiquettePROPER6Down39 RecentlyOFLATE6Down40 Declaration after "because"ISAYSO6Down41 French relativeFRERE5Down43 Skip the ceremony, sayELOPE5Down45 Like some unmoisturized skinASHY4Down47 Blue-roofed restaurantIHOP4Down48 Coral and sand, for twoHUES4Down50 Popular role-playing game since 1974, informallyDND3Down53 One whose eyes are "all aglow" in "The Christmas Song"TOT3Down55

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, February 28, 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.