NYT Crossword February 5, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Dives into 5 6A Cause to crack up 4 10A Pillow covering 4 14A Florida's ___ National Forest 5 15A Give quite a shock 4 16A Antifur org. 4 17A | $ | $ | $ | $ | 10 19A Sheltered from the wind 4 20A Charge on imports 4 21A Bible-inspired tourist attraction in Williamstown, Ky. 3 22A Excel spreadsheets, essentially 5 23A Go (for) 3 24A | : : : | / / 11 27A "How dare you!" looks 6 29A Tree whose "slippery" variety has medicinal bark 3 30A Mistake "air" for "heir," say 3 31A Chick checker of a sort 5 32A Put one's hands together 4 34A About 4 35A Classic Jack Kerouac novel … or where you'll find 17-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across 9 38A Fundamentals 4 41A Helps out 4 42A Spinal stack 5 46A Grassy grazing ground 3 47A Wrestling match ender 3 48A Racer's final go-round 6 49A | : : :--| 11 53A Gershwin brother 3 54A Adds to a stuffed suitcase, say 5 55A Schedule pro 3 56A Choice of bands, for short 4 57A Church nook 4 58A |X:X:X:X| |X:X:X:X| |X:X:X:X| 10 61A Crown 4 62A Dynamic starter? 4 63A Fictional region that includes Bag End 5 64A Slap (at) 4 65A "Your turn," on a radio 4 66A Sent up on social media, say 5

Down

1D Show-offs 7 2D Not many 7 3D Levy that helped fund the Erie Canal 7 4D Friend in tough times 4 5D Paragraph starter, perhaps 3 6D Archive 5 7D Potato pancake for Hanukkah 5 8D Campfire residue 3 9D "Definitely!" 3 10D Prince Harry, per his memoir's title 5 11D Genomic shapes 7 12D Put up with put-downs 7 13D Baton wielder 7 18D Galley implements 4 22D Class that may require a change of clothes 3 24D Leaves in a waiting room? 4 25D Becomes tiresome 5 26D Brand in the pet aisle 4 28D Some vintage autos 4 32D Khaki alternative 5 33D Played the first card 3 34D Possible score seven points after love-love 4 36D Follow 4 37D In unison, musically 4 38D Case of emergency? 7 39D Source of a large print 7 40D Card game played with two decks 7 43D Meat stick brand 7 44D Commuter's charge 7 45D Barraged with irrelevant material 7 47D HPs, e.g. 3 48D First tennis player to achieve a Golden Slam 4 50D Become acquainted via Gmail, say 5 51D Jump ___ (horror movie staple) 5 52D Willing to take part in 5 56D Pine 4 58D Confucian "way" 3 59D Energize, with "up" 3 60D Suffix with capital 3