NYT Crossword February 11, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Lewis Carroll's "The ___ and the Carpenter" 6 7A Something you might leave at the front door when entering a house 4 11A "Yeah, right!" 4 15A Quantity 6 16A Words from someone who failed to understand 9 18A "Oh, for heaven's sake!" 16 20A Show contempt for, in a way 7 21A Rain delay coverings 5 22A Poet's dusk 3 23A Mystical stuff 6 26A "We don't discriminate in this workplace," in job ads 3 29A Newfoundland or Labrador retriever 8 31A Transcript fig. 3 34A Openly resists 6 36A "Then, window, let day in, and let ___ out": Juliet 4 37A Smile broadly 4 38A Arduous routine 5 39A Get smart? 4 40A "Priscilla" director Coppola 5 41A How a German count might get started 4 42A Swampy land 4 43A Does the dishes? 6 44A Complete collection 3 45A Hoped-for prognosis for an election incumbent 8 47A Twisty curve 3 48A Spews out 6 50A Big name in nail polish 3 51A One-named singer with the 2017 platinum album "Melodrama" 5 53A Trap 7 57A 1957 rock ’n' roll classic suggested by this puzzle's circled letters 16 62A Crème de la crème 9 63A Prom, e.g. 6 64A Iconic bit of NPR merch 4 65A Confront 4 66A Puts icing on 6

Down

1D Tail or finger motion 3 2D Andy's partner in an old radio sitcom 4 3D State bird of Minnesota 4 4D Ill-mannered 4 5D Superfluous 8 6D Purchases for some audiophiles 7 7D Part of GPS: Abbr. 4 8D Not share, as the covers 3 9D Taylor Swift's "___ Song" 3 10D She, in São Paulo 3 11D ___ pear (applelike fruit) 5 12D Cost required to stow furniture, say 10 13D "My turn to play!" 4 14D Come clean, with "up" 4 17D Eightsome 5 19D Belted out 4 23D Comes into play 6 24D Play callers? 4 25D It's for "cookie," to Cookie Monster 3 26D Sides 5 27D Inducing goose bumps 5 28D Worth exploring 10 30D Plays at full blast 6 32D What pants come in that shirts don't 5 33D Accumulate 5 35D Useful contacts 3 37D Online automaton 3 39D Search (through) 4 40D Replaced as a substitute 8 42D ___ and cheese 3 43D Finishes with flair 7 45D Take care of, as a task 5 46D Seeming eternities 4 49D Matchmaking site with a "synagogue attendance" filter 5 51D Pride Month letters 4 52D Black-and-white mouthful 4 53D Actress Fanning 4 54D Lead-in to Cuban or Caribbean 4 55D Glasses sans glass 4 56D Q.E.D. part 4 58D Fave pal 3 59D Small battery 3 60D Cousin of Inc. 3 61D Enrollment center? 3