NYT Crossword February 27, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Coinage of the early 2000s? 15 16A Sierra Nevada product 15 17A Jeans material for a worn-out look 15 18A Email folder 6 19A Bear up? 4 20A Most important part 3 21A "___-roh!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons") 3 22A Jerk 3 23A Bird that Zeus disguised himself as in a much-told Greek myth 4 25A Traditional folk dance 4 27A Pantheon feature 7 29A Rita on "The Masked Singer" 3 30A Challenge 4 31A Car requirement beginning in 1998 6 35A "___ regards …" (letter sign-off) 7 37A Raw, in a way 7 38A Remove from office 6 39A "It ___ easy" 4 40A N.Y.P.D. rank: Abbr. 3 41A Prepares, as coq au vin 7 43A Chinese menu possessive 4 44A Steps in diagnosing A.C.L. injuries, perhaps 4 46A Carton amts. 3 47A ___-de-sac 3 48A Kung ___ chicken 3 49A Concerning 4 51A ___ the Great, king of ancient Persia 6 54A Create a distraction, so to speak 15 57A Heroine in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" books 15 58A Midwest city dubbed the "Little Apple" 15

Down

1D Travel safety grp. at school 4 2D Arabic male name meaning "prince" 4 3D Delivery methods? 9 4D Slick, say 6 5D Tailor's measurement 5 6D Three-time W.N.B.A. champs of the 2020s 4 7D Happened 3 8D Adjoining, in a way 7 9D Illuminating point 6 10D Soda brand since 1937 4 11D Antediluvian 9 12D Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim 3 13D Sri ___ 5 14D World traveler? 5 15D Big name in Cognac 4 22D Suit material? 4 24D Blemish 4 25D Modern streaming device 4 26D You can find her in this clue (hidden!) 4 27D Like Snoop Dogg, faith-wise, when he changed his name to Snoop Lion 5 28D Flatbread choices 5 30D Start of a child's letter 9 32D Funk music features 9 33D Carrier of the Golden Fleece 4 34D Picks up 4 36D Actress Mazar 4 37D Hitches 4 39D Neighborhood in New York City where Zohran Mamdani lived before being elected the city's mayor 7 42D Brightness measurement of a sort 6 43D Serving piece 6 44D Hawaiian for "mountain" 5 45D Saoirse of 2019's "Little Women" 5 47D Magna ___ 5 48D Carriage in Coventry 4 50D "Right away!" 4 51D Secretary, for example 4 52D Where Jackie Robinson played four(!) college sports, in brief 4 53D Accompanies (to) 4 55D Standoff's conclusion? 3 56D Blow air on 3