NYT Crossword February 1, 2026 Answers

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1A Meter in a video game showing a character's health 7 8A Relative of a gazelle 6 14A Office square 6 20A Food additive named one of Time's 50 Worst Inventions 7 21A Keep cruising, say 6 22A On which Apple Pay can be used 6 23A Canio in "Pagliacci," e.g.? 14 25A Noxious atmosphere 6 26A Prefix with business 4 27A "My house, my rules" 6 28A QB Drew whom Tom Brady ultimately replaced 7 29A Get tuckered out 9 32A Indian wedding wear 4 34A School subj. 3 35A Grab the chips and dip? 6 37A News hound? 10 40A Atomic bond, essentially? 18 45A Many visitors to national parks 6 46A Nearsighted person 5 47A Messing up on the big screen 5 51A Italy's third-largest island (after Sicily and Sardinia) 4 52A Subterranean adventurer 5 54A "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" show tune) 3 57A Great number 4 58A Cute, cutesily 6 61A Dropbox and Roblox 4 62A Hailed vehicle 3 64A Show interruptions 3 65A Some electrolysis targets? 19 71A Partner of vigor 3 72A Letter symbolizing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius 3 73A "Downton Abbey" countess 4 74A Warm winter coats 6 76A Like some early education, for short 4 78A W.C. sign 3 80A City where LeBron James was born 5 81A Blemish 4 82A Bit of a character? 5 84A Conspiring (with) 5 86A Spice Girl alongside Baby, Ginger, Scary and Posh 6 88A "Mainsail hoisted, check! Hatches battened, check!"? 18 94A Shark's singing rival in "West Side Story"? 10 97A Corral 6 98A Yankee great Gehrig 3 99A Something a judge shouldn't have 4 100A Very rude email, informally 9 105A Never mind? 7 108A Neglectful 6 111A Bank (on) 4 112A Two-___ schooner 6 113A Frozen treat for Bruins fans? 14 117A Lacking scruples 6 118A Storm, say 6 119A Noted early riser 7 120A With a level head 6 121A Thickets 6 122A Embarrassing items to have revealed on an airport X-ray 7

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1D Person from the neighborhood 5 2D Volunteer's offer 5 3D Bogeymen 5 4D Maker of Bikini So Teeny nail polish 5 5D Breakthrough K-pop group 3 6D Horror director Aster 3 7D Most suggestive 7 8D Like the Eid al-Fitr festival 7 9D Department store eponym 4 10D Pale lager, informally 4 11D ___ gobi (Indian potato dish) 4 12D Feeling down 3 13D ___ Taylor (fashion retailer) 3 14D Home of the Preakness Stakes 7 15D Early TV role for Ron Howard 4 16D Atlantic fish 4 17D Like Frisbees and some salads 6 18D Not stereo 6 19D Hard-boiled Chinese snack 6 24D Sapporo competitor 5 28D Bowler's edge 4 30D Blemish 4 31D Fixes, as a driveway 4 32D Cake not to be eaten 4 33D French for "after" 5 36D Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani, notably, for short 6 37D Hammer wielder 4 38D Furthermore 3 39D Caustic solutions 4 40D Mother of Helios, in myth 4 41D Metaphor for a runaway success 8 42D Gen Z put-down of an elder 8 43D Bit of wisdom 5 44D Orbit 9 48D Arcane technique 8 49D Iron-rich variety of fertile soil 8 50D Exclamations in nurseries 3 52D Lead-in to "tech" 3 53D Primatologist's interest 3 55D Give the cold shoulder, with "out" 3 56D Grating voice 4 59D Common diner order 3 60D Rodgers and Hammerstein musical setting 4 63D Photog's undergrad degree 3 66D Stick on a table 3 67D Like Volvo and Nokia, by origin 6 68D Gold, in Guadalajara 3 69D London granny 3 70D Standard battle wear 5 71D No. 2's 3 75D Vodka in blue bottles 4 77D New Zealander 4 79D One studied in the art of invisibility 5 80D Touch 4 83D Govt. campaign watchdog 3 85D Scottish refusals 4 86D Loretta of "M*A*S*H" 4 87D Small keg size 4 89D With zeal 7 90D Director Kazan 4 91D Neighbors of premolars 7 92D Audibly shocked 5 93D Landlords, more formally 7 94D Pack carriers 6 95D Crack open? 6 96D Is fueled by 6 101D Fill in a mill 5 102D Right-hand page 5 103D Strike zone? 5 104D Mike or Michael in movies 5 106D Raison d'___ 4 107D Close up tight 4 108D Invitation letters 4 109D Uber predictions, in brief 4 110D Style 4 113D Zippo competitor 3 114D Co-producer of the documentary "The Beatles: Get Back" 3 115D "The Bells" poet 3 116D Fenway team, familiarly 3