NYT Crossword February 8, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Crafty sort 7 8A Vegetables that should typically be sliced lengthwise before washing 5 13A Cowboy on the pampas 6 19A "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" sculptor 7 20A Supplement 6 22A Get in on the game 6 23A Scrunchie, e.g. 14 25A "Oh, cruel fate!" 6 26A Autocorrect target 4 27A Classification 4 28A Sports franchises, e.g. 5 30A Fine-grained wood in some woodwind instruments 4 31A Social norms 5 34A Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison nickname) 5 35A Disney heroine based on New Orleans chef Leah Chase 5 36A USA, e.g. 7 39A Title for William beginning in 2022 13 42A Hawk homes 6 43A In view 4 44A Money in rock ’n' roll 5 45A Nonprofit group behind Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog 12 48A Patron of sailors 6 52A Work with a needle 3 53A Position in basketball 5 54A ___ Kippur 3 57A Looks through someone's phone, say 6 59A Pointers for a fencer? 5 61A Slacken 6 64A [Bo-o-oring!] 5 65A Pop, to a tot 4 67A Explicit command 11 71A One-named singer with four Grammys 4 72A Relative of a heron 5 74A Sirenlike 6 75A What a sad person might break into 5 77A 1987 Dreyfuss/DeVito comedy 6 79A "!!!" 3 80A Philosopher Kierkegaard 5 82A Dig up dirt? 3 85A It typically has a string attached 6 87A Bright shade similar to magenta 12 91A "Things Fall ___" (Chinua Achebe novel) 5 94A "Oh, cruel fate!" 4 95A Canadian coin featuring a polar bear, informally 6 96A Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologist 13 101A Weasel relatives 7 102A A water molecule contains three of these 5 103A Vexillologist's subject 5 104A Stone measure 5 105A Explorer with her monkey friend Boots 4 106A Bud of baseball 5 107A What Excedrin relieves 4 109A Strawberry ___ Refresher (Starbucks drink) 4 113A Stir up 6 115A Hit reality TV series suggested by this puzzle's groups of circled letters 14 119A Place for a shoelace 6 120A Manning with two Super Bowl rings 6 121A "You can count on me!" 7 122A Talks back to 6 123A Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde" 5 124A Patronized, as a restaurant 7

Down

1D Words on either side of "___ is ___" 4 2D Bank (on) 4 3D Sting operation 4 4D Trouble with Z's? 8 5D Take a load off 3 6D Singer DiFranco who created Righteous Babe Records 3 7D Small change 6 8D Tilt 4 9D Werewolf on TV's "Wednesday" 4 10D Slip up 3 11D Wee mewer 6 12D Prestigious academic journal since 1880 7 13D Résumé problems, at times 4 14D 365 días 3 15D More ideal? 6 16D Trix or Kix 6 17D ___ society 6 18D Performances at Paris's Palais Garnier 6 21D Well again 6 24D Quick hellos 3 29D Vibes 5 32D Jumpy 6 33D What many a shelter animal hopes to be 7 34D BMW offering since 2000 4 35D Many boy band fans 6 36D 2019 film that one reviewer called "purr-fectly dreadful" 4 37D Villainous chortle 4 38D "Can I go now?" 9 39D Await settlement, as a payment 4 40D Partner of Parks, informally 3 41D Goes well with 4 43D California's Big ___ 3 46D Band with the 1995 hit "Wonderwall" 5 47D Clorox competitor 5 49D Individualist 5 50D Drink from a tub? 9 51D Concert broadcast that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, with "the" 4 55D The Who's "Love, Reign ___ Me" 3 56D Makeup of some face masks 3 58D Vast amount 3 60D Italian city known for its cheese 5 61D Vapes 5 62D Georgia airport, for short 3 63D ___ dish 5 65D Annual reason for lost sleep: Abbr. 3 66D Fighting 4 68D Pi follower 3 69D "Uhh …," to Brits 3 70D Come back in 7 73D Alternatives to gyro platters 6 76D Variety of rabbit or goat 6 78D What a tall collar covers 4 80D Read quickly 4 81D Gives the green light 3 83D "I've got this" 4 84D Barely scrapes (by) 4 86D Social blunder 5 88D Amateur radio devotees 4 89D Greeting in Brazil 3 90D Easily moved 8 92D Arrive by car 6 93D Gym staff member 7 96D Set of nine dancing in "The 12 Days of Christmas" 6 97D 2017 figure skating biopic 6 98D Compels 6 99D Things that typically build up during vacation 6 100D Easter purchase 6 101D Social media tribute to a celeb, say 6 104D Tech company exec 3 106D Hollywood workplaces 4 107D Major-leaguers 4 108D Something hard to face? 4 110D Small bug? 4 111D ___ Minor 4 112D Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely" 4 114D Vex, with "off" 3 116D Summer on the Riviera 3 117D Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records 3 118D Led 3