Newsday Crossword hints and answers for February 15, 2026
A hint and the answer for every clue, each behind its own button. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues146
Across78
Down68
TitleNOT SO LOUD: Not as noisy as they look
Today’s Newsday Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
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Regret not seeing (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMISS→
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Quick and agile (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSPRY→
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Baroque music giant (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBACH→
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Hit at, as a fly (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSWAT→
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Novelist Wharton (5)
Starts with E, ends with HEDITH→
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Nile queen nickname (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCLEO→
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Hybrid citrus (4)
Starts with U, ends with IUGLI→
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Munich mister (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHERR→
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Daytime drama (6)
Starts with S, ends with LSERIAL→
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Den __, Nederland (4)
Starts with H, ends with GHAAG→
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Air-condition (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCOOL→
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Not at ease (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEDGY→
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Plaster imperfection (13)
Starts with H, ends with KHAIRLINECRACK→
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Understudy's ambition (7)
Starts with S, ends with MSTARDOM→
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Hummus ingredient (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESESAME→
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German-based supermarket chain (4)
Starts with A, ends with IALDI→
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Book's backbone (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPINE→
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Suitor (4)
Starts with B, ends with UBEAU→
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Three, in Sicily (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETRE→
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Window insert (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSCREEN→
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Fleming of fiction (3)
Starts with I, ends with NIAN→
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Fruity soft drink (12)
Starts with R, ends with PRASPBERRYPOP→
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Quaint "Yikes!" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEGAD→
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Shoot the breeze (3)
Starts with G, ends with BGAB→
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Most populous NATO member (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
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Big fuss (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
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Roof overhang (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEAVE→
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End up even (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
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Regret doing (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERUE→
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Some editorial corrections (5)
Starts with T, ends with STYPOS→
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Cinema's first Wonka (6)
Starts with W, ends with RWILDER→
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Video game virtual people (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSIMS→
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Psyche components (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIDS→
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Flash drive port (3)
Starts with U, ends with BUSB→
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Secluded valley (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGLEN→
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Some pens (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBICS→
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Make booties or blankets (4)
Starts with K, ends with TKNIT→
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Big lugs (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOAFS→
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Van Gogh home (5)
Starts with A, ends with SARLES→
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Sri __ (Indian Ocean nation) (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALANKA→
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Collaboration impediments (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
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Oversupply (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGLUT→
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Vivid crayon category (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEON→
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Office helper (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAIDE→
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__ out (dress up) (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTOG→
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Headlight setting (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDIM→
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Word processor reversal (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUNDO→
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Mac & cheese staple (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELBOWS→
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Cinema staffer (5)
Starts with U, ends with RUSHER→
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Pull back (3)
Starts with E, ends with BEBB→
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Freshly made (3)
Starts with N, ends with WNEW→
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Soft ball brand (4)
Starts with N, ends with FNERF→
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Dinghy tool (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
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French water (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
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Pond critter (4)
Starts with F, ends with GFROG→
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Commuter inconvenience (12)
Starts with T, ends with LTRAFFICSNARL→
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Fast-running Aussie (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEMU→
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Goes around (6)
Starts with O, ends with SORBITS→
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Circle segment (3)
Starts with A, ends with CARC→
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Fashion mag (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
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Intense devotion (5)
Starts with A, ends with RARDOR→
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Count with fangs, for short (4)
Starts with D, ends with CDRAC→
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Had dinner at a diner (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATEOUT→
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Experimentation station (7)
Starts with T, ends with BTESTLAB→
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Journalist's assigned area (13)
Starts with R, ends with TREPORTERSBEAT→
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Level-headed (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESANE→
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Pasta nutrient (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCARB→
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Tract measure (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
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Insufficiency (6)
Starts with D, ends with HDEARTH→
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Mideast flier (4)
Starts with E, ends with LELAL→
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Star Trek: TNG counselor (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITROI→
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Highly diluted (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTHIN→
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Pond film (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESLIME→
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Concert stage boxes (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMPS→
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__-Ball (arcade game) (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESKEE→
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Brick carriers (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHODS→
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Explorer Ponce de __ (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLEON→
Down
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Fit nicely together (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMESH→
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Mental spark (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIDEA→
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Apple's voice (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISIRI→
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Incites (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSTIRSUP→
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Devious person (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSCHEMER→
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Noun category (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPLACE→
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Back end (4)
Starts with R, ends with RREAR→
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Meditative practice (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYOGA→
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Belt part (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBUCKLE→
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In the past (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAGO→
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Exchange's end of trading (11)
Starts with C, ends with KCLOSINGTICK→
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Sword handle (4)
Starts with H, ends with THILT→
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Himalayan helper (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASHERPA→
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Matrimonial symbol (11)
Starts with W, ends with GWEDDINGRING→
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Inert gas in the air (5)
Starts with A, ends with NARGON→
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"Go ahead and ask" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRYME→
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__ and hearty (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHALE→
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On an agenda (6)
Starts with L, ends with DLISTED→
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Of limited width (6)
Starts with N, ends with WNARROW→
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Constant critic (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCARPER→
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Incidental comments (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASIDES→
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Poor grade (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
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Champagne spec (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRUT→
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Not demanding (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEASY→
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Urgency initialism (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
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Top suit in bridge (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSPADES→
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Witches' assembly (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCOVEN→
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McCartney's favorite instrument (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBASS→
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2010s Fed head (6)
Starts with Y, ends with NYELLEN→
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Points toward (6)
Starts with A, ends with TAIMSAT→
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What 127-Across boost (5)
Starts with A, ends with OAUDIO→
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Outdoes (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBESTS→
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Force to leave (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOUST→
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"Cold" drinkware brand (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIGLOO→
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Muscular power (5)
Starts with S, ends with WSINEW→
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Stadium spectator's sign (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBANNER→
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Needing a hand (6)
Starts with B, ends with FBADOFF→
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Brewery truck contents (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKEGS→
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City near Salt Lake (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOGDEN→
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Suspect's story (5)
Starts with A, ends with IALIBI→
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Gridiron goof (11)
Starts with F, ends with PFUMBLEDSNAP→
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Western tree's protection (11)
Starts with R, ends with KREDWOODBARK→
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They were born before Virgos (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLIBRAS→
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Paying attention (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALERT→
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Yours and mine (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOURS→
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Roll out (6)
Starts with U, ends with LUNFURL→
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Evening bash (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESOIREE→
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Get well (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHEAL→
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Two levels below duke (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEARL→
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Reign over (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERULE→
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Meeting of the minds (6)
Starts with A, ends with DACCORD→
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Sound of displeasure (3)
Starts with G, ends with RGRR→
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Plumps up (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFATTENS→
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Tough-to-hit tennis shot (7)
Starts with N, ends with LNETBALL→
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Inns near Interstates (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMOTELS→
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Billion-gross film of 2023 (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBARBIE→
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On a cruise (5)
Starts with A, ends with AATSEA→
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Sphere of influence (5)
Starts with R, ends with MREALM→
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Right Guard rival (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARRID→
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Deploys (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUSES→
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Play portions (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACTS→
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Walking route (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPATH→
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Cuatro doubled (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOCHO→
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Part of Ontario's border (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
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Sphere starter (4)
Starts with A, ends with OATMO→
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"After that,..." (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTHEN→
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Fishy toast topper (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
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How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for February 15, 2026?+
146 clues: 78 Across and 68 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mark McClain.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Regret not seeing (MISS); Quick and agile (SPRY); Baroque music giant (BACH).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
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