Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, February 4, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "VISIONQUEST".
Total Clues
78
Longest
VISIONQUEST
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
OMG
Featured Clue
"Native American rite of passage"
11 Letters
VISIONQUEST
ALLComplete Solution List
Indian megacity of 16+ million
5DELHI
Talks too much
5BLABS
Text initialism that's the name of a 2010 Usher hit
3OMG
Like some walls at Harvard and Dartmouth
5IVIED
"Casablanca" actor's nickname
5BOGIE
Actress Long or Peeples
3NIA
Native American rite of passage
11VISIONQUEST
Explosive item for Wile E. Coyote
3TNT
"I wish it were so"
6ALASNO
Behavioral quirk
3TIC
Clarified butter
4GHEE
Roof type with removable panels
4TTOP
Girl encouraged to wake up, in a 1957 #1 Everly Brothers hit
5SUSIE
Heartbeat tests, in brief
4EKGS
Jewish rite of passage
10BARMITZVAH
L.L. Bean competitor
3REI
"___ of Dogs" (2018 film)
4ISLE
Occurring at an appropriate moment
6TIMELY
N.F.L. player in a purple uniform
5RAVEN
What might help someone be loud and clear?
3MIC
Strong point
5FORTE
I'll be right with you!
6ONESEC
Screw up
4GOOF
Lead-in to X, Y or Z
3GEN
Amish rite of passage
10RUMSPRINGA
More than giga-, less than peta-
4TERA
Really plague
5EATAT
Each "point" of Taurus's horns, e.g.
4STAR
Stand up to
4DEFY
Prof's aides
3TAS
Beethoven work originally titled "Bonaparte," after Napoleon
6EROICA
Kimono sash
3OBI
"Seinfeld" catchphrase ... or, when parsed as three words, how a participant of 17-, 30- or 47-Across might be greeted?
11HELLONEWMAN
Dallas baller
3MAV
Kind of pipe or patch
5BRIAR
Like an Islay single malt, to Scotch enthusiasts
5PEATY
Ball one or ball two?
3EYE
Great Plains nation
5OSAGE
Pittsburgh-based industrial giant
5ALCOA
Melodramatic sort
4DIVA
Like Cinderella's stepmother
4EVIL
Rapper in K-pop's Blackpink
4LISA
Jobs in "Heat" and "Ocean's Eleven"
6HEISTS
Lead-in to know or care
5IDONT
Potato chip flavor, informally
3BBQ
Ruffian
4LOUT
Workplace concern for seniors
6AGEISM
British cookie
7BISCUIT
10 squats at the gym, perhaps
3SET
Facing an imminent prospect (of)
10ONTHEVERGE
None for you!
4MINE
Right out of the ___
4GATE
Rookies, to gamers
5NOOBS
Doohickey
5GIZMO
Sources of lines for a reading, maybe
4PALM
Like some upper lips and drinks
5STIFF
Unforced ___ (athlete's concern)
5ERROR
Reeves of "Hardball"
5KEANU
Up top!
10GIVEMEFIVE
Ruler's length
5REIGN
Cuff or hem, say
5ALTER
Any of Scar's underlings in "The Lion King"
5HYENA
Unfit for the job
5INEPT
Bar exam component
5ESSAY
Gear parts
4COGS
Completely collapses
7CRATERS
Like some Quaker products
5OATEN
Where you are when in Roma
6ITALIA
Cement spreader
6TROWEL
Snack similar to a gordita
5AREPA
Noggin
4DOME
Site for online bids
4EBAY
Foundry waste
4SLAG
Part of a line at an Apple Store
4IMAC
Adversary of Julius Caesar
4CATO
Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Gorge"
4ANYA
The Penguin airer
3HBO
Foundry material
3ORE