NYT Crossword February 19, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Punk rocker Joan 4 5A Choctaw or Chickasaw 5 10A Design detail 4 14A "Up and ___!" (catchphrase for a physicist) 4 15A In possession of 6 17A Tibetan title 4 18A Courting disaster, slangily 18 21A Fraternity party order 3 22A Symbol of protection 3 23A Part of a window above the apron 4 24A One-half of a golf partnership, perhaps 3 25A Sound of disapproval 4 27A Concludes 6 29A Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhaps 16 34A Swindled 5 35A Boxing champ Laila 3 36A Subject of the Edward Snowden leaks, in brief 3 37A Jot down 4 38A Makes a noise like an electric fan 6 40A Australian actor Eric 4 44A "___ Father …" 3 46A Concert souvenir 3 47A River to the Rio Grande 5 48A They may have knowledge of corporate secrets 16 51A Be defeated by 6 52A "___ of the D'Urbervilles" 4 53A Big name in London 3 54A Big beginning? 4 56A Servant of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings" 3 57A Short flight 3 60A Better choice, given the options … or the circled squares vis-à-vis the shaded ones? 16 64A Volunteer's words 4 65A Completely immersed, perhaps 6 66A Some colorful plastic items in the seasonal aisle in the spring 4 67A Noted Punxsutawney resident 4 68A Source of some aerial shots 5 69A "Take ___!" 4

Down

1D Part of a royal flush 4 2D Raison d'___ 4 3D Metaphor for a challenging puzzle 8 4D "Eww … just eww" 3 5D Want very much, with "for" 6 6D Major, e.g. 4 7D Reproductive option, for short 3 8D Some paragraphs in playbills 4 9D Improve 6 10D High-end camera, for short 3 11D Penniless one 6 12D Mideast leaders 5 13D Spot to play baccarat 6 16D Gas units 7 19D Talking back to 7 20D Is really bad, in slang 5 26D Formed from molten lava 7 28D Sunken treasure sites 7 29D You can request a new one on religious grounds if it contains "666": Abbr. 3 30D "What was ___ think?" 3 31D "Yeah, right!" 3 32D Ruling class 5 33D Fathers 5 38D Dickens and Dickinson 7 39D Varnish ingredient 5 41D Card game clarification 8 42D Neither's partner 3 43D Buffoon 3 45D "I'm at your disposal" 5 47D Bishop, e.g. 5 48D Japanese word that's sometimes translated as "planted in a pot" 6 49D Commentator's call after a missed field goal 6 50D Took steps 6 51D Medieval cure-all 5 53D Radar operator's concern 4 55D Over yonder 4 56D Wilson of the Frat Pack 4 58D Actress Kurylenko 4 59D "Over here!" 4 61D Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief 3 62D Fight-ending letters 3 63D Screen, as a candidate 3