NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 22, 2026
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Clues140
Across63
Down77
TitleBooks of the Bible
Today’s NYT 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
1A
Ease up (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABATE→
6A
Setting for a landscape (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCANVAS→
12A
Like pickles, but not cucumbers (6)
Starts with A, ends with CACIDIC→
18A
Turn up (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELOCATE→
20A
If all goes perfectly (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATBEST→
21A
Certain head jurors (7)
Starts with F, ends with NFOREMEN→
23A
Like some 401(k) contributions (6)
Starts with P, ends with XPRETAX→
24A
The Ten Plagues (14)
Starts with D, ends with EDEATHONTHENILE→
26A
Freeze (4)
Starts with H, ends with THALT→
27A
Bolo, e.g. (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
29A
Farmyard call (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABAA→
30A
Print-ready (6)
Starts with E, ends with DEDITED→
31A
Sodom and Gomorrah (16)
Starts with A, ends with SATALEOFTWOCITIES→
37A
Literary fairy queen (3)
Starts with M, ends with BMAB→
38A
Outpouring of Pandora's box (4)
Starts with I, ends with SILLS→
39A
Erelong (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
40A
Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr. (3)
Starts with F, ends with IFRI→
41A
Singsong syllable (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATRA→
43A
Season ticket holders, presumably (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFANS→
45A
Shoofly desserts (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPIES→
46A
Hopeless from the start, for short (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADOA→
48A
Janis ___, "At Seventeen" singer (3)
Starts with I, ends with NIAN→
49A
Samson and Delilah (17)
Starts with D, ends with SDANGEROUSLIAISONS→
55A
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOTT→
57A
Calendar notation: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TAPPT→
58A
Diamond stats (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRBIS→
59A
Certain trig functions (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSINES→
61A
So-called "Hollywood of the South" (7)
Starts with A, ends with AATLANTA→
64A
Big name in bubbly (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOET→
65A
Painter's medium (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOIL→
66A
Noah's Ark (21)
Starts with W, ends with EWHERETHEWILDTHINGSARE→
74A
Nonclerical (3)
Starts with L, ends with YLAY→
75A
Get the better of (4)
Starts with L, ends with KLICK→
76A
Like Constantinople, in 1930 (7)
Starts with R, ends with DRENAMED→
77A
Interior style (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDECOR→
80A
Ballet bend (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPLIE→
81A
Europa, Ganymede or Callisto vis-à-vis Jupiter (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMOON→
83A
The third (3)
Starts with I, ends with IIII→
84A
Ruckus (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
85A
Garden of Eden (17)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEAGEOFINNOCENCE→
91A
"Scrumdiddlyumptious!" (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMMM→
92A
Crew need (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
93A
Get the ___ (finally become aware) (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMEMO→
94A
Ingredient in some gels (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
95A
Designated H.M.O. doctor, in brief (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPCP→
96A
Vintage film channel (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTCM→
98A
Letters on a crucifix (4)
Starts with I, ends with IINRI→
99A
Word with rabbit or all (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEARS→
103A
Moses Parting the Red Sea (16)
Starts with T, ends with STHEPRINCEOFTIDES→
109A
Rush uncontrolledly (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCAREER→
111A
Most common last name in Somalia (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
112A
Pressure meas. (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPSI→
113A
It's verboten (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONONO→
114A
Jonah and the Whale (14)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEGREATESCAPE→
119A
Title woman in a 1965 Beach Boys hit (6)
Starts with R, ends with ARHONDA→
121A
Took turns (7)
Starts with R, ends with DROTATED→
122A
Brimless topper (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBEANIE→
123A
One bringing home the bacon (6)
Starts with E, ends with REARNER→
124A
Surprisingly enough (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOLESS→
125A
Bars, legally (6)
Starts with E, ends with SESTOPS→
126A
Follows (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHEEDS→
Down
1D
Leader of the pack (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALPHA→
2D
2006 mockumentary about a Kazakh journalist (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBORAT→
3D
High-speed travel option (5)
Starts with A, ends with AACELA→
4D
Squealer's activity (8)
Starts with T, ends with GTATTLING→
5D
H, to Hera (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
6D
West Pointer (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCADET→
7D
Thoroughly enjoyed, with "up" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
8D
Org. with the Nuggets and Nets (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANBA→
9D
Screen (3)
Starts with V, ends with TVET→
10D
Rubbish receptacle (6)
Starts with A, ends with NASHBIN→
11D
Weasel with a black-tipped tail (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTOAT→
12D
Where the coxswain sits (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAFT→
14D
In a fury (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIRED→
15D
Blue material (5)
Starts with D, ends with MDENIM→
16D
Counterfeit (9)
Starts with I, ends with NIMITATION→
17D
Whoop it up (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECELEBRATE→
19D
Glorify (5)
Starts with E, ends with LEXTOL→
22D
___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" patriarch (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNED→
25D
Gullible sort (4)
Starts with N, ends with FNAIF→
28D
Hypotheticals (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
32D
Besides (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
33D
Part of a trunk (5)
Starts with W, ends with TWAIST→
34D
First-year law student, informally (4)
Starts with O, ends with LONEL→
35D
"___ Fan Tutte" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICOSI→
36D
Mathematician Paul (5)
Starts with E, ends with SERDOS→
42D
___ on a log (celery-stick snack studded with raisins) (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANTS→
43D
Confidence (5)
Starts with F, ends with HFAITH→
44D
What may be right but not left? (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANGLE→
45D
New Yorkie, say (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPUP→
47D
Delegate (6)
Starts with A, ends with NASSIGN→
49D
Pull to open (4)
Starts with D, ends with WDRAW→
50D
Dilapidated (5)
Starts with R, ends with YRATTY→
51D
Moonfish (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOPAH→
52D
Yankees nickname until 2016 (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAROD→
53D
"My eye!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TIBET→
54D
Wielder of a red lightsaber (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSITH→
60D
"Casablanca" role (4)
Starts with I, ends with AILSA→
62D
Folk singer Guthrie (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARLO→
63D
Approaching (6)
Starts with N, ends with ONEARTO→
64D
1964's Nobel Peace laureate, for short (3)
Starts with M, ends with KMLK→
65D
Common bridge bid, informally (5)
Starts with O, ends with OONENO→
67D
Spanish "she" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
68D
Kristen of "Bridesmaids" (4)
Starts with W, ends with GWIIG→
69D
Slushy brand (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
71D
Protein-building acid, informally (5)
Starts with A, ends with OAMINO→
72D
Treat again, as a sprain (5)
Starts with R, ends with EREICE→
73D
Actress Falco (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDIE→
77D
Clammy (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDAMP→
78D
"Heeere's Johnny!" announcer (9)
Starts with E, ends with NEDMCMAHON→
79D
Measure against (9)
Starts with C, ends with OCOMPARETO→
80D
Tree branch or power line, for a bird (5)
Starts with P, ends with HPERCH→
81D
One making an impression? (5)
Starts with M, ends with CMIMIC→
82D
Woman honored in John Lennon's "Woman" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
86D
Where boaters hang with bowlers (8)
Starts with H, ends with SHATTREES→
87D
Hyatt alternative (4)
Starts with O, ends with IOMNI→
88D
Spore-producing plant (4)
Starts with F, ends with NFERN→
89D
Transport (around) (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCART→
90D
Castle in "Hamlet" (8)
Starts with E, ends with EELSINORE→
97D
Heart of the matter (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMEAT→
98D
Subject for van Gogh (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIRISES→
99D
Aurora's counterpart in Greek mythology (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEOS→
102D
Big name in movie theaters (5)
Starts with R, ends with LREGAL→
104D
First-year West Pointer (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPLEBE→
105D
Olympic blades (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEPEES→
106D
"No man is an island" writer (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDONNE→
107D
Was over (5)
Starts with E, ends with DENDED→
108D
Glides high (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOARS→
109D
Middle: Abbr. (3)
Starts with C, ends with RCTR→
110D
Noted Art Deco designer (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERTE→
115D
Sponsored spots (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
116D
Persian or Abyssinian (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCAT→
117D
Enero a diciembre (3)
Starts with A, ends with OANO→
118D
Domino dot (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPIP→
120D
"Yeah, right!" (3)
Starts with H, ends with HHAH→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 22, 2026?+
140 clues: 63 Across and 77 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Ease up (ABATE); Setting for a landscape (CANVAS); Like pickles, but not cucumbers (ACIDIC).
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