Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, February 17, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "indiragandhi".
Total Clues
78
Longest
indiragandhi
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
mrs
ALLComplete Solution List
"God bless you, please, __ Robinson"
3mrs
Subterranean lava
5magma
Stop! At sea
5AVAST
Feel queasy
3AIL
Rumored Roswell visitor
5alien
Courage
5VALOR
Egg cells
3OVA
*Celebration of Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla
11cincodemayo
Swab again, as a deck
5remop
Cold War rival of the KGB
3cia
Jr.'s practice exam
4PSAT
*Only woman to serve as prime minister of India
12indiragandhi
Going solo
5ALONE
Sobbing
7tearful
Refute
4DENY
Big bang letters
3TNT
Alabama civil rights march city
5SELMA
UVA's athletic org.
3acc
Evaluates
7SIZESUP
Special!
3OPS
Litter member
5whelp
Part of a semicolon
3DOT
One of a deadly septet
4lust
"That's 100% true"
7nodoubt
"__, Macduff": Shakespeare
5layon
*Punxsutawney Phil's big moment
12groundhogday
Green-curry cuisine
4THAI
Maker of small kitchen gadgets
3oxo
Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde"
5REESE
"So glad you've returned!," or a feature of the answer to each starred clue?
11welcomeback
Male sheep
3RAM
Trojan War tale
5ILIAD
City whose airport is named for 24-Across
5delhi
Stockholm-to-Helsinki dir.
3ene
Book identifier
5title
Basic skateboard jump
5OLLIE
Aykroyd of "Ghostbusters"
3DAN
Native New Zealander
5MAORI
Torn asunder
5RIVEN
Joined a mosh pit
10slamdanced
Apple on a teacher's desk, perhaps
6macpro
Boxer Muhammad
3ALI
Gimlet liquor
3GIN
Muslim pilgrim's destination
5MECCA
Name, as a successor
6ANOINT
Michigan in Chicago, e.g.: Abbr.
3ave
One who's long in the tooth?
7vampire
Pitiful interjection
4ALAS
High-protein bean
4SOYA
Bouncy gait
4TROT
Miami-__ County
4DADE
Like an otter's fur
4oily
Not on board with
4ANTI
Gp. after millennials
4genz
Door fastener
4HASP
Struggled to gain traction
10floundered
Pros who cry "out" loud?
4umps
__-in first-out
4last
Start of the day?
4DAWN
Sound return
4ECHO
Actor Danson
3TED
Stimulus
4SPUR
Marketed.
4SOLD
Snowbird ski resort state
4utah
Coherent
7logical
Premier seating area
4loge
Rapid growth period
4boom
Union suit?
6tuxedo
Little terrier
6yorkie
Prestigious prize with six categories
5NOBEL
Lotus pose, for one
5asana
Southernmost nation on the Arabian Peninsula
5yemen
Ninny
4TWIT
Prefix with pad
4HELI
Settled on a perch
4ALIT
Poem of homage
3ODE
Bailiff's first word
3all
Greek letter X
3CHI
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