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NYT Crossword answers for February 15, 2026

NYT Crossword · February 15, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 147 clues from the Sunday NYT Crossword (22 by 21), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Today's title: Good To The Last Drop

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with C
  • 5 starts with L
  • 9 starts with S
  • 13 starts with A
  • 19 starts with N
  • 20 starts with O
  • 21 starts with P
  • 22 starts with T
  • 24 starts with B
  • 27 starts with M
  • 28 starts with C
  • 29 starts with D
  • 30 starts with E
  • 32 starts with E
  • 33 starts with S
  • 36 starts with A
  • 38 starts with H
  • 40 starts with T
  • 44 starts with M
  • 45 starts with B
  • 46 starts with I
  • 47 starts with W
  • 48 starts with L
  • 52 starts with L
  • 53 starts with I
  • 55 starts with T
  • 57 starts with E
  • 58 starts with S
  • 60 starts with T
  • 61 starts with B
  • 66 starts with E
  • 69 starts with D
  • 70 starts with A
  • 72 starts with I
  • 73 starts with I
  • 78 starts with N
  • 79 starts with N
  • 80 starts with O
  • 81 starts with E
  • 82 starts with A
  • 84 starts with L
  • 85 starts with W
  • 87 starts with B
  • 90 starts with C
  • 92 starts with B
  • 93 starts with E
  • 96 starts with F
  • 100 starts with T
  • 102 starts with I
  • 104 starts with A
  • 105 starts with D
  • 107 starts with T
  • 108 starts with T
  • 111 starts with G
  • 112 starts with Y
  • 113 starts with C
  • 114 starts with P
  • 116 starts with I
  • 118 starts with L
  • 123 starts with A
  • 125 starts with I
  • 129 starts with T
  • 130 starts with E
  • 131 starts with A
  • 132 starts with U
  • 133 starts with C
  • 134 starts with R
  • 135 starts with L
  • 136 starts with S
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Do a little too well? CHAR
  • 5 Across: Tops LIDS
  • 9 Across: Resident of Ayrshire or Lanarkshire SCOT
  • 13 Across: No time at all AFLASH
  • 19 Across: Discouraged action NONO
  • 20 Across: Mouthy? ORAL
  • 21 Across: "What a relief!" PHEW
  • 22 Across: Brought (out) TROTTED
  • 24 Across: Completely destroy with a blast BLOWTOSMITHERE
  • 27 Across: Gaia, by another name MOTHERE
  • 28 Across: Something typically taken every 10 years CENSUS
  • 29 Across: Doodled DREW
  • 30 Across: Certain bridge positions EASTS
  • 32 Across: Segment of a timeline, perhaps ERA
  • 33 Across: The moon's "maria" SEAS
  • 36 Across: Circa AROUND
  • 38 Across: "Rhoda" actress Valerie HARPER
  • 40 Across: Version of a textbook designed for instruction TEACHERE
  • 44 Across: Salon substance MOUSSE
  • 45 Across: Muppet who loves pigeons BERT
  • 46 Across: "My life is over" IMRUINED
  • 47 Across: Sharpness WITS
  • 48 Across: Sarcastic response to a show-off LAHDIDAH
  • 52 Across: Walked gingerly LIMPED
  • 53 Across: Product with Pro, Air and Mini varieties IPAD
  • 55 Across: Conical shelter TEEPEE
  • 57 Across: Use salt instead of sugar while baking, say ERR
  • 58 Across: Skewered Indonesian dish SATAY
  • 60 Across: ___ Winter, basketball coach who famously innovated the "triangle offense" TEX
  • 61 Across: Had a brain fart BLANKED
  • 66 Across: Top-left PC key ESC
  • 69 Across: Like some simple repair jobs, in brief DIY
  • 70 Across: Grilled South American fare AREPA
  • 72 Across: Smoothed (out) IRONED
  • 73 Across: "Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE
  • 78 Across: Science-and-nature magazine, familiarly NATGEO
  • 79 Across: Muckety-muck NABOB
  • 80 Across: Frequently, poetically OFT
  • 81 Across: Fair-hiring inits. EOE
  • 82 Across: Chemical element whose use led to the first known law against poisoning ARSENIC
  • 84 Across: Herman ___ (potato chip entrepreneur) LAY
  • 85 Across: More sardonic WRIER
  • 87 Across: Rest area? BED
  • 90 Across: Speeds of slow-moving traffic CRAWLS
  • 92 Across: "It's ___ real" BEEN
  • 93 Across: Delicate, as beauty ETHERE
  • 96 Across: Photo-editing technique used to create a smooth transition FEATHERE
  • 100 Across: Wear (out) TIRE
  • 102 Across: Middle-of-the-night woe INSOMNIA
  • 104 Across: Duchess of ___ (noted Spanish title) ALBA
  • 105 Across: Made younger-looking in an editing studio, say DEAGED
  • 107 Across: Reality TV franchise created by Tyra Banks TOPMODEL
  • 108 Across: Philosophy symbolized by yin and yang TAOISM
  • 111 Across: Ruby lookalike GARNET
  • 112 Across: Throw, in modern slang YEET
  • 113 Across: Fort Collins sch. CSU
  • 114 Across: Calls to task? PAGES
  • 116 Across: Company behind the machine used to make Slurpees ICEE
  • 118 Across: Kind of paper in a lab LITMUS
  • 123 Across: In back ATTHERE
  • 125 Across: "Wait, are we done?" ISTHATALLTHERE
  • 129 Across: Queen of the fairies TITANIA
  • 130 Across: Dueling weapon EPEE
  • 131 Across: Skin softener ALOE
  • 132 Across: Fruit also known as a "uniq" UGLI
  • 133 Across: Largest bird in North America CONDOR
  • 134 Across: X-ray units RADS
  • 135 Across: Immodest LEWD
  • 136 Across: "You can't make me!," e.g. SASS
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with C
  • 2 starts with H
  • 3 starts with A
  • 4 starts with R
  • 5 starts with L
  • 6 starts with I
  • 7 starts with D
  • 8 starts with S
  • 9 starts with S
  • 10 starts with C
  • 11 starts with O
  • 12 starts with T
  • 13 starts with A
  • 14 starts with F
  • 15 starts with L
  • 16 starts with A
  • 17 starts with S
  • 18 starts with H
  • 23 starts with D
  • 25 starts with T
  • 26 starts with T
  • 31 starts with A
  • 34 starts with A
  • 35 starts with S
  • 37 starts with U
  • 39 starts with R
  • 40 starts with T
  • 41 starts with E
  • 42 starts with A
  • 43 starts with C
  • 49 starts with A
  • 50 starts with H
  • 51 starts with D
  • 54 starts with P
  • 56 starts with E
  • 59 starts with A
  • 60 starts with T
  • 62 starts with N
  • 63 starts with K
  • 64 starts with E
  • 65 starts with D
  • 67 starts with S
  • 68 starts with C
  • 70 starts with A
  • 71 starts with A
  • 73 starts with I
  • 74 starts with T
  • 75 starts with L
  • 76 starts with N
  • 77 starts with R
  • 83 starts with C
  • 85 starts with W
  • 86 starts with R
  • 88 starts with E
  • 89 starts with D
  • 91 starts with W
  • 92 starts with B
  • 94 starts with T
  • 95 starts with H
  • 96 starts with F
  • 97 starts with E
  • 98 starts with A
  • 99 starts with T
  • 101 starts with I
  • 103 starts with N
  • 106 starts with E
  • 109 starts with S
  • 110 starts with M
  • 115 starts with G
  • 117 starts with E
  • 119 starts with T
  • 120 starts with M
  • 121 starts with U
  • 122 starts with S
  • 124 starts with H
  • 126 starts with S
  • 127 starts with A
  • 128 starts with L
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: "The Exchange" airer CNBC
  • 2 Down: Flaw in an argument HOLE
  • 3 Down: Unknown author, for short ANON
  • 4 Down: Squabbles ROWS
  • 5 Down: Unresolved parts of a plot LOOSEENDS
  • 6 Down: Org. to which you might provide your bank account info IRS
  • 7 Down: Renewable energy structure DAM
  • 8 Down: Lost traction SLID
  • 9 Down: Globelike shape SPHEROID
  • 10 Down: Dress down CHEWOUT
  • 11 Down: Poetic contraction OER
  • 12 Down: Many middle schoolers TWEENS
  • 13 Down: Ones pressed for cash? ATMS
  • 14 Down: Top of a latte FROTH
  • 15 Down: Mucho LOTSA
  • 16 Down: M.L.B. team that once went by OAK on scoreboards ATH
  • 17 Down: In hot water? STEEPED
  • 18 Down: Fashion designer Carolina HERRERA
  • 23 Down: Shortage DEARTH
  • 25 Down: Behind TUSHIE
  • 26 Down: Certain public transit network TRAMWAY
  • 31 Down: Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube ADELE
  • 34 Down: "People ___ Strange" (the Doors song) ARE
  • 35 Down: Conduct inciting an insurrection SEDITION
  • 37 Down: World's first billion-dollar corporation USSTEEL
  • 39 Down: Sac fly result RBI
  • 40 Down: Game piece in Rummikub TILE
  • 41 Down: Royal title EMIR
  • 42 Down: Where jet-setters may rub elbows ARMRESTS
  • 43 Down: Chalice CUP
  • 49 Down: P.D. alert APB
  • 50 Down: Prefix meaning "sun" HELIO
  • 51 Down: "Heavens to Betsy!" DEARME
  • 54 Down: Subscription-only website feature PAYWALL
  • 56 Down: Look into EXPLORE
  • 59 Down: Contribute ADD
  • 60 Down: Chicago paper, informally TRIB
  • 62 Down: N.Y.C. neighborhood that's home to the Grey Art Museum NOHO
  • 63 Down: Lower-body exercise KNEEBEND
  • 64 Down: Occupational suffix EER
  • 65 Down: J.F.K. predecessor DDE
  • 67 Down: Aromatic herb SAGE
  • 68 Down: Hold tightly CLENCH
  • 70 Down: Mariner's greeting AHOY
  • 71 Down: Natural attraction AFFINITY
  • 73 Down: Two peas ___ pod INA
  • 74 Down: Pitch TAR
  • 75 Down: French wine region LOIRE
  • 76 Down: LeBron James or Nikola Jokic NBASTAR
  • 77 Down: Delivery person's assignment: Abbr. RTE
  • 83 Down: "Wheels" CAR
  • 85 Down: Beverage infused with THC WEEDTEA
  • 86 Down: Fixed, as a "m-i-t-s-a-k-e" RESPELLED
  • 88 Down: County in western New York ERIE
  • 89 Down: Deck out? DEAL
  • 91 Down: Shoe with a thick sole WEDGE
  • 92 Down: Part of an equestrian's ensemble BREECHES
  • 94 Down: Small songbird TOMTIT
  • 95 Down: Benefit plan option, in brief HMO
  • 96 Down: Wealthy sort FATCAT
  • 97 Down: Stretchy ELASTIC
  • 98 Down: "Next on my list" ABOUTTO
  • 99 Down: ___ chi TAI
  • 101 Down: Lit up, in a way IGNITED
  • 103 Down: ___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood) NOE
  • 106 Down: Less challenging EASIER
  • 109 Down: Shell out SPEND
  • 110 Down: Video game character aptly celebrated on Mar. 10 MARIO
  • 115 Down: Bicyclist's setting GEAR
  • 117 Down: Latin list ender ETAL
  • 119 Down: Lead-in to a conclusion THUS
  • 120 Down: ___ Millions (multistate lottery) MEGA
  • 121 Down: Some addresses URLS
  • 122 Down: Dos + cuatro SEIS
  • 124 Down: China's largest ethnic group HAN
  • 126 Down: Wellness resort offering SPA
  • 127 Down: Horn contents at a Viking feast ALE
  • 128 Down: Depressed LOW
Show the solved grid
1C2H3A4R5L6I7D8S9S10C11O12T13A14F15L16A17S18H19NONO20ORAL21PHEW22TROTTE23D24BLOW25TOSMI26THERE27MOTHERE28CENSUS29DREW30E31ASTS32ERA33SE34A35S36ARO37UND38HA39RPER40T41E42A43CHERE44MOUSSE45BERT46IMRUINED47WITS48L49A50H51DIDAH52LIMPED53I54PAD55T56EEPEE57ERR58S59ATAY60TEX61BLA62N63K64E65D66E67S68C69DIY70AREP71A72IRONED73I74TSAL75LDOW76NHILLF77ROMHERE78NATGEO79NABOB80OFT81EOE82ARSENI83C84LAY85WRIE86R87B88E89D90CRA91WLS92BEEN93E94T95HERE96F97E98A99THERE100T101IRE102I103NSOMNIA104ALBA105D106EAGED107TOPMODEL108TAOI109S110M111GARNET112YEET113CSU114PA115GES116ICE117E118LI119T120M121U122S123ATT124HERE125I126STHAT127A128LLTHERE129TITANIA130EPEE131ALOE132UGLI133CONDOR134RADS135LEWD136SASS

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