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NYT Crossword — February 12, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

6Home of War in the Pacific National Historical Park

10Sign on some restroom doors

13Angular unit of measurement

15Sapa ___ ("the only emperor" in Quechua)

16Kitchen gadget brand

18*Public messages of appreciation

20Heavy metal band whose name is a big cat in Spanish

22Alternatively … !!!

24Firehouse supply

26Take out, in a way

28"An idea …"

30Mount known to produce rare volcanic "smoke rings"

31Off-road ride, for short

32Horned mountain climber

36Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

37*New England-style chowder, for one

39___-weekly (mag type)

40Small surgical instrument

44Ingrid Bergman's "Casablanca" role

45Stuff with strands

46College subj. that can be evolutionary or behavioral

47Lightweight fabric for a handkerchief

53Digs for dogs

54*Long-legged wader

58Provide comfort, in a way … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Across clues

60Northeastern prep school or its town

61"What's the ___?!"

63Ceramics component

64Web portal with a butterfly logo

65Schooner's stabilizer

66Some spa treatments

Down

37 clues

1What a phone call or new album might do

27-Eleven competitor on the East Coast

3Tree of knowledge locale

4Directory name

5*Behind in payment

6Ones "over there" in "Over There," in brief

10Mechanisms that are often spring-loaded

12Us, in Spanish

14Sushi seaweed type

19From further back

25Coarse, as language

26Quickly smooch … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Down clues

29*Word appearing 51 times in the New Testament

31Speak extemporaneously

32Makeup of some shelves

33Lunch item usually eaten with two hands, in brief

34Cow's mouthful

41Michael nominated for Oscars in five different decades

46Hollywood's Anderson or Bach

51Sounds from un estadio

52*Severely harm

55Words of affirmation

56Resting place for a boa

57Pâté de foie ___

58Unpleasant discovery under a desk

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Stats & info

Thursday, Feb 12, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 12, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKareem Ayas

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 37 down

Longest entries

10DMechanisms that are often spring-loaded10 ltrs 11D*Forevermore10 ltrs 26DQuickly smooch … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Down clues10 ltrs 27DSquare10 ltrs 18A*Public messages of appreciation8 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.