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NYT Crossword — February 15, 2026

Sunday’s 22 × 21 puzzle, 147 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

69 clues

1Do a little too well?

9Resident of Ayrshire or Lanarkshire

13No time at all

19Discouraged action

21"What a relief!"

22Brought (out)

24Completely destroy with a blast

27Gaia, by another name

28Something typically taken every 10 years

30Certain bridge positions

32Segment of a timeline, perhaps

33The moon's "maria"

38"Rhoda" actress Valerie

40Version of a textbook designed for instruction

44Salon substance

45Muppet who loves pigeons

46"My life is over"

48Sarcastic response to a show-off

52Walked gingerly

53Product with Pro, Air and Mini varieties

55Conical shelter

57Use salt instead of sugar while baking, say

58Skewered Indonesian dish

60___ Winter, basketball coach who famously innovated the "triangle offense"

61Had a brain fart

66Top-left PC key

69Like some simple repair jobs, in brief

70Grilled South American fare

72Smoothed (out)

73"Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle

78Science-and-nature magazine, familiarly

80Frequently, poetically

81Fair-hiring inits.

82Chemical element whose use led to the first known law against poisoning

84Herman ___ (potato chip entrepreneur)

85More sardonic

90Speeds of slow-moving traffic

92"It's ___ real"

93Delicate, as beauty

96Photo-editing technique used to create a smooth transition

102Middle-of-the-night woe

104Duchess of ___ (noted Spanish title)

105Made younger-looking in an editing studio, say

107Reality TV franchise created by Tyra Banks

108Philosophy symbolized by yin and yang

111Ruby lookalike

112Throw, in modern slang

113Fort Collins sch.

114Calls to task?

116Company behind the machine used to make Slurpees

118Kind of paper in a lab

125"Wait, are we done?"

129Queen of the fairies

130Dueling weapon

131Skin softener

132Fruit also known as a "uniq"

133Largest bird in North America

136"You can't make me!," e.g.

Down

78 clues

1"The Exchange" airer

2Flaw in an argument

3Unknown author, for short

5Unresolved parts of a plot

6Org. to which you might provide your bank account info

7Renewable energy structure

9Globelike shape

11Poetic contraction

12Many middle schoolers

13Ones pressed for cash?

14Top of a latte

16M.L.B. team that once went by OAK on scoreboards

17In hot water?

18Fashion designer Carolina

26Certain public transit network

31Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube

34"People ___ Strange" (the Doors song)

35Conduct inciting an insurrection

37World's first billion-dollar corporation

39Sac fly result

40Game piece in Rummikub

42Where jet-setters may rub elbows

50Prefix meaning "sun"

51"Heavens to Betsy!"

54Subscription-only website feature

60Chicago paper, informally

62N.Y.C. neighborhood that's home to the Grey Art Museum

63Lower-body exercise

64Occupational suffix

65J.F.K. predecessor

67Aromatic herb

70Mariner's greeting

71Natural attraction

73Two peas ___ pod

75French wine region

76LeBron James or Nikola Jokic

77Delivery person's assignment: Abbr.

85Beverage infused with THC

86Fixed, as a "m-i-t-s-a-k-e"

88County in western New York

91Shoe with a thick sole

92Part of an equestrian's ensemble

94Small songbird

95Benefit plan option, in brief

98"Next on my list"

101Lit up, in a way

103___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood)

106Less challenging

110Video game character aptly celebrated on Mar. 10

115Bicyclist's setting

117Latin list ender

119Lead-in to a conclusion

120___ Millions (multistate lottery)

121Some addresses

122Dos + cuatro

124China's largest ethnic group

126Wellness resort offering

127Horn contents at a Viking feast

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Stats & info

Sunday, Feb 15, 2026

22×21

Grid size

147

Total entries

78/384

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

22 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 15, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeGood to the Last Drop

ConstructorMichael Lieberman and Rebecca Goldstein

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split69 across · 78 down

Longest entries

73A"Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle22 ltrs 24ACompletely destroy with a blast14 ltrs 125A"Wait, are we done?"14 ltrs 5DUnresolved parts of a plot9 ltrs 86DFixed, as a "m-i-t-s-a-k-e"9 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 78 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.