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Newsday Crossword February 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Newsday Crossword February 16 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 78 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RefrigeratesCOOLS5Across __ sauce (sushi condiment)SOY3Across Ice cream utensilSCOOP5Across "Hee-haw!" horse relativeDONKEY6Across Any precious stonesGEMS4Across Gasoline-powered sky-ride balloonZEPPELIN8Across Decide not to includeOMIT4Across Ahead of scheduleEARLY5Across Great enthusiasmZEAL4Across Bulletin board fastenerTACK4Across Golfer's pegsTEES4Across Explorer Ponce de __LEON4Across Bert's Sesame Street palERNIE5Across Three-quarters of 12NINE4Across Farmland measureACRE4Across Gray stocking shadeTAUPE5Across Getting rain rarelyARID4Across Sudden police actionRAID4Across Sky ride that can hoverHELICOPTER10Across White precious stoneOPAL4Across Showroom sample, for shortDEMO4Across Attach, as a shirt buttonSEWON5Across VillainousEVIL4Across Copenhagen nativeDANE4Across Pleasant scentAROMA5Across Arm or legLIMB4Across __ now (so far)ASOF4Across Sky ride with a jet engineAIRPLANE8Across Fire remnantsASHES5Across "Constrictor" snakesBOAS4Across Pets that purrCATS4Across Rags-to-__ storyRICHES6Across Say out loudUTTER5Across Scientist's research roomLAB3Across Poems of praiseODES4Across Motorless sky ride for one personHANGGLIDER10Across Sheet of glassPANE4Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
__ days (long ago)OLDEN5Down Capital of EgyptCAIRO5Down Parking lot spotSPACE5Down Physician, for shortDOC3Down Western howling canineCOYOTE6Down Competing teamsSIDES5Down Self-imageEGO3Down "We __ to please"AIM3Down Big beast with a trunkELEPHANT8Down Handicrafts websiteETSY4Down Major Egyptian riverNILE4Down Smell badREEK4Down Run __ (rage)AMOK4Down Long, heroic taleEPIC4Down __ fish sandwichTUNA4Down Role for an actorPART4Down Row of people waitingLINE4Down A Great LakeERIE4Down Spoken out loudORAL4Down Right __ (90-degree shapes)ANGLES6Down Spanish cheersOLES4Down Worker digging for coalMINER5Down Manage to eludeEVADE5Down Train stationDEPOT5Down Shortest month of the yearFEBRUARY8Down "It's my treat!"ONME4Down RemarkedSAID4Down Off-script remarkADLIB5Down Urban pollutionSMOG4Down Small cityTOWN4Down VicinityAREA4Down __ register (checkout machine)CASH4Down Make fun of, informallyRAZZ4Down Lake birdLOON4Down Auto lubricantOIL3Down Buildings with hayloftsBARNS5Down Lend a handHELP4Down British fellowCHAP4Down "It makes sense now"ISEE4Down Small amount of sugar: Abbr.TSP3Down __ Vegas, NVLAS3Down

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Newsday crossword published on Monday, February 16, 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.