NYT Crossword February 22, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Ease up 5 6A Setting for a landscape 6 12A Like pickles, but not cucumbers 6 18A Turn up 6 20A If all goes perfectly 6 21A Certain head jurors 7 23A Like some 401(k) contributions 6 24A The Ten Plagues 14 26A Freeze 4 27A Bolo, e.g. 3 29A Farmyard call 3 30A Print-ready 6 31A Sodom and Gomorrah 16 37A Literary fairy queen 3 38A Outpouring of Pandora's box 4 39A Erelong 4 40A Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr. 3 41A Singsong syllable 3 43A Season ticket holders, presumably 4 45A Shoofly desserts 4 46A Hopeless from the start, for short 3 48A Janis ___, "At Seventeen" singer 3 49A Samson and Delilah 17 55A Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel 3 56A Fix 3 57A Calendar notation: Abbr. 4 58A Diamond stats 4 59A Certain trig functions 5 61A So-called "Hollywood of the South" 7 64A Big name in bubbly 4 65A Painter's medium 3 66A Noah's Ark 21 74A Nonclerical 3 75A Get the better of 4 76A Like Constantinople, in 1930 7 77A Interior style 5 80A Ballet bend 4 81A Europa, Ganymede or Callisto vis-à-vis Jupiter 4 83A The third 3 84A Ruckus 3 85A Garden of Eden 17 91A "Scrumdiddlyumptious!" 3 92A Crew need 3 93A Get the ___ (finally become aware) 4 94A Ingredient in some gels 4 95A Designated H.M.O. doctor, in brief 3 96A Vintage film channel 3 98A Letters on a crucifix 4 99A Word with rabbit or all 4 101A Sully 3 103A Moses Parting the Red Sea 16 109A Rush uncontrolledly 6 111A Most common last name in Somalia 3 112A Pressure meas. 3 113A It's verboten 4 114A Jonah and the Whale 14 119A Title woman in a 1965 Beach Boys hit 6 121A Took turns 7 122A Brimless topper 6 123A One bringing home the bacon 6 124A Surprisingly enough 6 125A Bars, legally 6 126A Follows 5

Down

1D Leader of the pack 5 2D 2006 mockumentary about a Kazakh journalist 5 3D High-speed travel option 5 4D Squealer's activity 8 5D H, to Hera 3 6D West Pointer 5 7D Thoroughly enjoyed, with "up" 3 8D Org. with the Nuggets and Nets 3 9D Screen 3 10D Rubbish receptacle 6 11D Weasel with a black-tipped tail 5 12D Where the coxswain sits 3 13D Unity 8 14D In a fury 4 15D Blue material 5 16D Counterfeit 9 17D Whoop it up 9 19D Glorify 5 22D ___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" patriarch 3 25D Gullible sort 4 28D Hypotheticals 3 32D Besides 4 33D Part of a trunk 5 34D First-year law student, informally 4 35D "___ Fan Tutte" 4 36D Mathematician Paul 5 42D ___ on a log (celery-stick snack studded with raisins) 4 43D Confidence 5 44D What may be right but not left? 5 45D New Yorkie, say 3 47D Delegate 6 49D Pull to open 4 50D Dilapidated 5 51D Moonfish 4 52D Yankees nickname until 2016 4 53D "My eye!" 4 54D Wielder of a red lightsaber 4 60D "Casablanca" role 4 62D Folk singer Guthrie 4 63D Approaching 6 64D 1964's Nobel Peace laureate, for short 3 65D Common bridge bid, informally 5 67D Spanish "she" 4 68D Kristen of "Bridesmaids" 4 69D Slushy brand 4 70D Press 4 71D Protein-building acid, informally 5 72D Treat again, as a sprain 5 73D Actress Falco 4 77D Clammy 4 78D "Heeere's Johnny!" announcer 9 79D Measure against 9 80D Tree branch or power line, for a bird 5 81D One making an impression? 5 82D Woman honored in John Lennon's "Woman" 3 86D Where boaters hang with bowlers 8 87D Hyatt alternative 4 88D Spore-producing plant 4 89D Transport (around) 4 90D Castle in "Hamlet" 8 97D Heart of the matter 4 98D Subject for van Gogh 6 99D Aurora's counterpart in Greek mythology 3 100D Lit 5 102D Big name in movie theaters 5 104D First-year West Pointer 5 105D Olympic blades 5 106D "No man is an island" writer 5 107D Was over 5 108D Glides high 5 109D Middle: Abbr. 3 110D Noted Art Deco designer 4 115D Sponsored spots 3 116D Persian or Abyssinian 3 117D Enero a diciembre 3 118D Domino dot 3 120D "Yeah, right!" 3