Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, February 2, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, February 2, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "GROUNDHOGDAY".
Total Clues
78
Longest
GROUNDHOGDAY
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
ROE
Featured Clue
"Cult classic co-starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell"
12 Letters
GROUNDHOGDAY
ALLComplete Solution List
That girl's
4HERS
"___ is more" (paradoxical aphorism)
4LESS
Receded, as the tide
5EBBED
With, in French
4AVEC
English boarding school attended by many royals
4ETON
First word in two U.S. state names
5NORTH
Clownfish in a 2003 Pixar film
4NEMO
Rights-advocacy org.
4ACLU
Makeup of a reef
5CORAL
Cult classic co-starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell
12GROUNDHOGDAY
Houston baseball players
6ASTROS
Painting the town red, so to speak
6ONAJAG
Eggs in a sushi roll
3ROE
Addams family cousin
3ITT
One arguing in court: Abbr.
3ATT
End of a school's web address
3EDU
Inspiration for a 2017 Tony-nominated musical
12GROUNDHOGDAY
Bring home, as money
4EARN
Great blue expanse
3SEA
Goals
4AIMS
1993 film that featured "I Got You Babe"
12GROUNDHOGDAY
In the manner of
3ALA
Actress Claire of "The Crown"
3FOY
Goddess of the dawn
3EOS
Letters before Enterprise or Intrepid
3USS
Uncle of Huey, Dewey and Louie
6DONALD
Bad odor
6STENCH
Film about which Harold Ramis said "He goes from being a prisoner of that time and place to being master of that time and place"
12GROUNDHOGDAY
Gaze intently
5STARE
Red, in Spanish
4ROJO
Part in a movie
4ROLE
Sharp, on a TV, informally
5HIDEF
Fat in a bird feeder
4SUET
Farthest points
4ENDS
Takes the edge off?
5EASES
No ifs, ___ or buts
4ANDS
Student's final hurdle
4TEST
Building where airplanes are stored
6HANGAR
Really, really
6EVERSO
Like off-site employees
6REMOTE
Scrub
5SCOUR
Results in
7LEADSTO
Engrave
4ETCH
Duet minus one
4SOLO
Like the proverbial bug in a rug
4SNUG
Animated film featuring the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno"
7ENCANTO
Triumphant cry
5BOOYA
[I'm f-f-freezing!]
3BRR
When a flight is due to land, for short
3ETA
Alternative to UPS or FedEx
3DHL
Dark crime genre
4NOIR
How ___ the little busy bee...
4DOTH
___ Knight ("Star Wars" fighter)
4JEDI
Actor Scott or Driver
4ADAM
Fellas
4GUYS
Rear end, informally
5TUSHY
Common saying.
5ADAGE
African grazer
3GNU
"The Matrix" character whose name, aptly, is an anagram of ONE
3NEO
The "G" of LGBTQ+
3GAY
Holy Moses!
4EGAD
Folk singer Guthrie
4ARLO
Horse with a reddish coat
4ROAN
Pro gridiron officials, informally
7NFLREFS
Bird that scientists are trying to bring back from extinction
4DODO
Have a round of tequila, perhaps
7DOSHOTS
Regarding
4ASTO
Not tied, as shoelaces
6UNDONE
Burns with liquid
6SCALDS
Least likely to start a conversation with a stranger, say
6SHYEST
Have the same opinion
5AGREE
White heron
5EGRET
Bear in constellation names
4URSA
A proper one is capitalized
4NOUN
Spun records, for short
4DJED
That girl
3SHE
__ Maria (coffee liqueur)
3TIA
Things eliminated with YouTube Premium
3ADS