NYT Crossword February 26, 2026 Answers

Across

1A 8' 4" 7 8A 250,000 sheets 6 14A Short piece of classical music 8 15A Accessory for SpongeBob SquarePants 6 16A Long-tongued animal 8 17A Laudanum, e.g. 6 18A Calif. M.L.B. team, on scoreboards 3 19A Happening 5 21A Collectively, the reigns of all English monarchs named George 11 26A Grill, informally 3 29A Bit of mining equipment 7 30A It's not pretty 7 32A Walt Disney's middle name 5 34A Like a plane, informally 4 35A System in which XL is smaller than L … or a hint to interpreting the answers to the italicized clues 13 40A Malarkey 4 41A "Stompin' at the ___" (Benny Goodman standard) 5 42A "Based on my research …" 7 46A ___ Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow 7 50A Vibe (with) 3 51A Superhuman strength, mind-reading, invisibility and four dozen other powers 11 53A Vexing 5 54A Title for a certain union member? 3 55A Like cats and dogs 6 58A Stall, e.g. 8 63A Charge, in a way 6 64A Loose, as floorboards 8 65A ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ 6 66A Total on a chiliagon 7

Down

1D Nicolas Cage film set on a plane 6 2D Amount measured in calories 6 3D Highland refusal 3 4D Org. that runs the "L" 3 5D Alternative to a walk 3 6D 67.5 deg. on a compass 3 7D ___ Connor, the Terminator's target in "The Terminator" 5 8D Wilted 6 9D Peaceful state 6 10D Make some alterations 4 11D ___ minimum 3 12D Cambridge sch. 3 13D Get 3 14D Sudden attack 5 20D "Bah!" 3 22D Workers who sing the opening number in "Frozen" 6 23D Queen of the Pride Lands 4 24D Friendly look 4 25D Ending of seven country names 4 26D Poke ___ 4 27D Dudes 4 28D End of a proof 3 31D Patronize, as an Airbnb 6 33D Questionable, in slang 3 35D Side dish eaten with curry 4 36D Roundish, say 4 37D Salon job, informally 4 38D Assessment, informally 4 39D Side dish eaten with curry 4 40D Some fancy footwork 3 43D Dirtbag 6 44D Parts of naves 6 45D Animal in some traditional Tibetan races 3 47D Like a fish out of water, e.g. 6 48D Mercury's mythological counterpart 6 49D Half-___ (subpar, in slang) 5 52D "Dagnabbit!" 5 53D Grand ___ 4 55D Shots, informally 3 56D Toss up? 3 57D One, south of the border 3 59D "Ballerina" star ___ de Armas 3 60D You can stop right there! 3 61D Remind too often 3 62D Up to 3