NYT Crossword February 14, 2026 Answers

Across

1A It's made with two fingers 9 10A They're often taken in December 11 12A Features of many romantic dramas 13 14A "Follow me" 4 15A Heart test, for short 3 16A Subject of study 4 18A Go heavy at the buffet, say 6 21A Kind of car on a long-distance train 6 23A The W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards 3 24A Requirement of some dress codes 7 28A Tree of life, in Norse mythology 3 29A Tire meas. 3 30A Intimate footage 7 31A Meadow 3 32A Arrive suddenly and from a distance, metaphorically 11 35A Big drink 4 37A Unlikeable sorts 5 38A Like a nepo baby's life, perhaps 4 41A Things peddled 5 43A B.C. winter hrs. 3 44A Arizona State city 5 45A Where Excalibur was forged 6 47A North African fortress 6 48A Access, as a profitable enterprise 7 50A Potpourri bags 7 51A Ones no longer in office? 13 53A One of the "Golden Girls" of the 2024 Summer Olympics 11 54A Puts one's money on the line 9

Down

1D Smoothed over, in a way 5 2D Suffix with benz- 3 3D QB stat: Abbr. 3 4D Attention to detail 4 5D "Totally awesome!" 4 6D Screw or nail, to a Brit 4 7D It's charged 3 8D Texter's ta-ta 3 9D "Oppenheimer" director 5 10D Antagonists in 2013's "Captain Phillips" 13 11D One-of-a-kind figures 13 12D Takes badly? 5 13D Faculty 5 14D Show appreciation, in a way 4 17D Honorific meaning "elder brother" 4 19D Losing team in the "Miracle on Ice" 4 20D Fold 5 21D Govt. divisions 5 22D "That's clear now" 4 25D Many a private investigator 5 26D Community spirit 5 27D Gymnastics event 5 33D Minor issue? 8 34D Greenland expanse 8 35D Stylish confidence 4 36D Show indecision 5 39D Short rows 5 40D Nervous laughs 4 42D County next to Napa 6 44D Take on, or take down 6 46D Violating the rules 5 47D Beer brand from Trinidad and Tobago 5 49D Goose named for its call 4 50D Buckwheat noodle 4 52D Maryland governor Moore 3