NYT Crossword February 4, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Indian megacity of 16+ million 5 6A Talks too much 5 11A Text initialism that's the name of a 2010 Usher hit 3 14A Like some walls at Harvard and Dartmouth 5 15A "Casablanca" actor's nickname 5 16A Actress Long or Peeples 3 17A Native American rite of passage 11 19A Explosive item for Wile E. Coyote 3 20A "I wish it were so" 6 21A Behavioral quirk 3 22A Clarified butter 4 23A Roof type with removable panels 4 25A Girl encouraged to wake up, in a 1957 #1 Everly Brothers hit 5 27A Heartbeat tests, in brief 4 30A Jewish rite of passage 10 34A L.L.Bean competitor 3 35A "___ of Dogs" (2018 film) 4 36A Occurring at an appropriate moment 6 37A N.F.L. player in a purple uniform 5 39A What might help someone be loud and clear? 3 41A Strong point 5 42A "I'll be right with you" 6 44A Screw up 4 46A Lead-in to X, Y or Z 3 47A Amish rite of passage 10 49A More than giga-, less than peta- 4 50A Really plague 5 51A Each "point" of Taurus's horns, e.g. 4 53A Stand up to 4 55A Profs' aides 3 57A Beethoven work originally titled "Bonaparte," after Napoleon 6 61A Kimono sash 3 62A "Seinfeld" catchphrase ... or, when parsed as three words, how a participant of 17-, 30- or 47-Across might be greeted? 11 64A Dallas baller 3 65A Kind of pipe or patch 5 66A Like an Islay single malt, to Scotch enthusiasts 5 67A Ball one or ball two? 3 68A Great Plains nation 5 69A Pittsburgh-based industrial giant 5

Down

1D Melodramatic sort 4 2D Like Cinderella's stepmother 4 3D Rapper in K-pop's Blackpink 4 4D Jobs in "Heat" and "Ocean's Eleven" 6 5D Lead-in to know or care 5 6D Potato chip flavor, informally 3 7D Ruffian 4 8D Workplace concern for seniors 6 9D British cookie 7 10D 10 squats at the gym, perhaps 3 11D Facing an imminent prospect (of) 10 12D "None for you!" 4 13D Right out of the ___ 4 18D Rookies, to gamers 5 22D Doohickey 5 24D Sources of lines for a reading, maybe 4 26D Like some upper lips and drinks 5 27D Unforced ___ (athlete's concern) 5 28D Reeves of "Hardball" 5 29D "Up top!" 10 31D Ruler's length? 5 32D Cuff or hem, say 5 33D Any of Scar's underlings in "The Lion King" 5 35D Unfit for the job 5 38D Bar exam component 5 40D Gear parts 4 43D Completely collapses 7 45D Like some Quaker products 5 48D Where you are when in Roma 6 49D Cement spreader 6 52D Snack similar to a gordita 5 53D Noggin 4 54D Site for online bids 4 56D Foundry waste 4 58D Part of a line at an Apple Store 4 59D Adversary of Julius Caesar 4 60D Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Gorge" 4 62D "The Penguin" airer 3 63D Foundry material 3