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New York Times Crossword February 28 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the New York Times Crossword for February 28 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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Set unambitious goals61 AcrossReveal answer → One playing beerball, perhaps77 AcrossReveal answer → Tolkien ring bearer714 AcrossReveal answer → Precious person716 AcrossReveal answer → Phrase you might say while pointing at a photograph717 AcrossReveal answer → Goes against the rule?718 AcrossReveal answer → Musical set in Alphabet City419 AcrossReveal answer → Term of endearment appropriated from 9-Down320 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a Blues Brothers outfit622 AcrossReveal answer → Animated friend of Sebastian the crab523 AcrossReveal answer → Some arm muscles, informally425 AcrossReveal answer → Cassiterite is a source of it327 AcrossReveal answer → Robert Frost's middle name328 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Allen Express, Amtrak train from New York City to Burlington, Vt.529 AcrossReveal answer → Innermost moon of Neptune531 AcrossReveal answer → Pressure gauge?1133 AcrossReveal answer → Past, colloquially1135 AcrossReveal answer → Symbols used to group blocks of computer code1136 AcrossReveal answer → Was on the sidelines537 AcrossReveal answer → Breathlessness538 AcrossReveal answer → Polynesian staple339 AcrossReveal answer → Not mainstream, as some music genres342 AcrossReveal answer → Fuss443 AcrossReveal answer → Weakens, as an overly strong character, in video game lingo544 AcrossReveal answer → Angora fabric646 AcrossReveal answer → Utmost349 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Tung, star of cable TV's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"451 AcrossReveal answer → Did a bedtime task752 AcrossReveal answer → Modern banking convenience754 AcrossReveal answer → Musical sample added for excitement756 AcrossReveal answer → Animals in an early-2000s virtual fad757 AcrossReveal answer → Entered again758 AcrossReveal answer → One might play at home659 AcrossReveal answer →

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Kind of projection61 DownReveal answer → Call at a roll call62 DownReveal answer → Big jerk63 DownReveal answer → Drink often sipped54 DownReveal answer → Rap pioneers, slangily35 DownReveal answer → Space to develop as a person?46 DownReveal answer → 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"37 DownReveal answer → School houses?58 DownReveal answer → Dialect that is responsible for a large majority of Gen Z slang49 DownReveal answer → Put one's foot down410 DownReveal answer → Decorative items worn at Western galas811 DownReveal answer → Like defendants at court712 DownReveal answer → Principle of improv comedy613 DownReveal answer → Gay nightlife spot with a dress requirement1015 DownReveal answer → Error correction tool921 DownReveal answer → Uncork, so to speak624 DownReveal answer → Body bronzer1026 DownReveal answer → ___ Story (punny nickname for the "Iliad")430 DownReveal answer → Like the lion killed by Hercules631 DownReveal answer → Scientific classification for birds432 DownReveal answer → Tesla, for one433 DownReveal answer → Affliction treated with a nit comb434 DownReveal answer → Acting like a sore loser, informally835 DownReveal answer → ___ counter736 DownReveal answer → South Indian lentil stew637 DownReveal answer → Following etiquette639 DownReveal answer → Recently640 DownReveal answer → Declaration after "because"641 DownReveal answer → French relative543 DownReveal answer → Skip the ceremony, say545 DownReveal answer → Like some unmoisturized skin447 DownReveal answer → Blue-roofed restaurant448 DownReveal answer → Coral and sand, for two450 DownReveal answer → Popular role-playing game since 1974, informally353 DownReveal answer → One whose eyes are "all aglow" in "The Christmas Song"355 DownReveal answer →

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