NYT Crossword February 9, 2026 Answers

Across

1A The slightest bit 4 5A Mariner's septet 4 9A Picket line crosser 4 13A Like a situation with only bad outcomes 5 15A St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park 4 16A Voice above tenor 4 17A Thanksgiving boatful 5 18A Spanish cat 4 19A Nutritionist's plan 4 20A Main drag through Sin City 13 23A "Fancy meeting you here!" 4 24A Apply, as a new skill 3 25A Indigenous Southwestern people 6 28A Body part that can serve as a pencil holder 3 30A "Delicious!" 3 31A Trireme implement 3 32A Valuable bit in a prospector's pan 10 37A Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally 4 38A "Nope, not for me" 5 39A Online "haha" 3 40A Steep-walled canyon 5 41A Hoarse voice 4 42A Hockey player who typically plays the entire game 10 44A Explosive-sounding TV channel 3 45A Crow's call 3 46A Punk-inspired music genre 3 47A Minor disruption in the proceedings 6 49A [Their typo, not mine!] 3 51A Be a passenger 4 55A Question to a scaredy-cat … to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!" 13 58A "You have a point there" 4 60A Lake on Ohio's northern border 4 61A Nine-member musical group 5 62A Lack of difficulty 4 63A Pimples 4 64A Like a lot 5 65A Amazed 4 66A From ___ to riches 4 67A Water pitcher 4

Down

1D ___-Saxon 5 2D Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony 5 3D Overflowing (with) 5 4D Apportioned 9 5D Long stories 5 6D Wipe clean 5 7D "America's Got Talent" segments 4 8D Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball 7 9D British novelist Jones 5 10D Portable writing surface 9 11D Devoured 3 12D Spam spewer 3 14D Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show 3 21D Sanskrit word for "teacher" 4 22D "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___" 3 26D Massive 5 27D Pick from the menu 5 29D Tiny hill dweller 3 30D Bellow 4 32D Measurement around the waist 5 33D Resident of Muscat 5 34D Something that's beyond help 9 35D Luminesce 4 36D India's smallest state by area 3 37D What students abide by when they don't cheat 9 40D Precious stone 3 42D Period before starting more school 7 43D Georgia ___ (Atlanta school) 4 45D Pool player's stick 3 48D Words to live by 5 49D Taking to court 5 50D Some frozen drinks 5 52D "No need to remind me!" 5 53D Outdoor John? 5 54D "Come in" 5 56D Oceanic predator 4 57D All ___ day's work 3 58D Drink served by the Mad Hatter 3 59D Like the fish in poke 3