NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 4, 2026
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorHanh Huynh and Ted Mayer
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Indian megacity of 16+ million (5)
Starts with D, ends with IDELHI→
6A
Talks too much (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBLABS→
11A
Text initialism that's the name of a 2010 Usher hit (3)
Starts with O, ends with GOMG→
14A
Like some walls at Harvard and Dartmouth (5)
Starts with I, ends with DIVIED→
15A
"Casablanca" actor's nickname (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBOGIE→
16A
Actress Long or Peeples (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANIA→
17A
Native American rite of passage (11)
Starts with V, ends with TVISIONQUEST→
19A
Explosive item for Wile E. Coyote (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTNT→
20A
"I wish it were so" (6)
Starts with A, ends with OALASNO→
21A
Behavioral quirk (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTIC→
22A
Clarified butter (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGHEE→
23A
Roof type with removable panels (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTTOP→
25A
Girl encouraged to wake up, in a 1957 #1 Everly Brothers hit (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESUSIE→
27A
Heartbeat tests, in brief (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEKGS→
30A
Jewish rite of passage (10)
Starts with B, ends with HBARMITZVAH→
34A
L.L.Bean competitor (3)
Starts with R, ends with IREI→
35A
"___ of Dogs" (2018 film) (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISLE→
36A
Occurring at an appropriate moment (6)
Starts with T, ends with YTIMELY→
37A
N.F.L. player in a purple uniform (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAVEN→
39A
What might help someone be loud and clear? (3)
Starts with M, ends with CMIC→
41A
Strong point (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFORTE→
42A
"I'll be right with you" (6)
Starts with O, ends with CONESEC→
44A
Screw up (4)
Starts with G, ends with FGOOF→
46A
Lead-in to X, Y or Z (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGEN→
47A
Amish rite of passage (10)
Starts with R, ends with ARUMSPRINGA→
49A
More than giga-, less than peta- (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATERA→
50A
Really plague (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEATAT→
51A
Each "point" of Taurus's horns, e.g. (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAR→
53A
Stand up to (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDEFY→
55A
Profs' aides (3)
Starts with T, ends with STAS→
57A
Beethoven work originally titled "Bonaparte," after Napoleon (6)
Starts with E, ends with AEROICA→
61A
Kimono sash (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOBI→
62A
64A
Dallas baller (3)
Starts with M, ends with VMAV→
65A
Kind of pipe or patch (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBRIAR→
66A
Like an Islay single malt, to Scotch enthusiasts (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPEATY→
67A
Ball one or ball two? (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEYE→
68A
Great Plains nation (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOSAGE→
69A
Pittsburgh-based industrial giant (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALCOA→
Down
1D
Melodramatic sort (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADIVA→
2D
Like Cinderella's stepmother (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
3D
Rapper in K-pop's Blackpink (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALISA→
4D
Jobs in "Heat" and "Ocean's Eleven" (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHEISTS→
5D
Lead-in to know or care (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIDONT→
6D
Potato chip flavor, informally (3)
Starts with B, ends with QBBQ→
7D
Ruffian (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOUT→
8D
Workplace concern for seniors (6)
Starts with A, ends with MAGEISM→
9D
British cookie (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBISCUIT→
10D
10 squats at the gym, perhaps (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
11D
Facing an imminent prospect (of) (10)
Starts with O, ends with EONTHEVERGE→
12D
"None for you!" (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMINE→
13D
Right out of the ___ (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGATE→
18D
Rookies, to gamers (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOOBS→
22D
Doohickey (5)
Starts with G, ends with OGIZMO→
24D
Sources of lines for a reading, maybe (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPALM→
26D
Like some upper lips and drinks (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSTIFF→
27D
Unforced ___ (athlete's concern) (5)
Starts with E, ends with RERROR→
28D
Reeves of "Hardball" (5)
Starts with K, ends with UKEANU→
29D
"Up top!" (10)
Starts with G, ends with EGIVEMEFIVE→
31D
Ruler's length? (5)
Starts with R, ends with NREIGN→
32D
Cuff or hem, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALTER→
33D
Any of Scar's underlings in "The Lion King" (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHYENA→
35D
Unfit for the job (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINEPT→
38D
Bar exam component (5)
Starts with E, ends with YESSAY→
40D
Gear parts (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCOGS→
43D
Completely collapses (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCRATERS→
45D
Like some Quaker products (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOATEN→
48D
Where you are when in Roma (6)
Starts with I, ends with AITALIA→
49D
Cement spreader (6)
Starts with T, ends with LTROWEL→
52D
Snack similar to a gordita (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAREPA→
53D
Noggin (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOME→
54D
Site for online bids (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEBAY→
56D
Foundry waste (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSLAG→
58D
Part of a line at an Apple Store (4)
Starts with I, ends with CIMAC→
59D
Adversary of Julius Caesar (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCATO→
60D
Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Gorge" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AANYA→
62D
"The Penguin" airer (3)
Starts with H, ends with OHBO→
63D
Foundry material (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 4, 2026?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Hanh Huynh and Ted Mayer and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Indian megacity of 16+ million (DELHI); Talks too much (BLABS); Text initialism that's the name of a 2010 Usher hit (OMG).
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