Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Sunday, February 8, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, February 8, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "ELASTICHAIRTIE".
Total Clues
140
Longest
ELASTICHAIRTIE
Avg Length
5.3
Shortest
SEW
Featured Clue
"Scrunchie, e.g."
14 Letters
ELASTICHAIRTIE
ALLComplete Solution List
Crafty sort
7ARTISAN
Vegetables that should typically be sliced lengthwise before washing
5LEEKS
Cowboy on the pampas
6GAUCHO
"Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" sculptor
7BERNINI
Supplement
6ENRICH
Get in on the game
6ANTEUP
Scrunchie, e.g.
14ELASTICHAIRTIE
Oh cruel fate!
6POORME
AutoCorrect target
4TYPO
Classification
4KIND
Sports franchises, e.g.
5TEAMS
Fine-grained wood in some woodwind instruments
4PEAR
Social norms
5MORES
Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison nickname)
5MENLO
Disney heroine based on New Orleans chef Leah Chase
5TIANA
USA, e.g.
7CHANNEL
Title for William beginning in 2022
13PRINCEOFWALES
Hawk homes
6AERIES
In view
4SEEN
Money in rock 'n' roll
5EDDIE
Nonprofit group behind Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog
12THEADCOUNCIL
Patron of sailors
6STELMO
Work with a needle
3SEW
Position in basketball
5GUARD
__ Kippur
3YOM
Looks through someone's phone, say
6SNOOPS
Pointers for a fencer?
5EPEES
Slacken
6EASEUP
Bo-o-oring
5SNORE
Pop, to a tot
4DADA
Explicit command
11DIRECTORDER
One-named singer with four Grammys
4ENYA
Relative of a heron.
5STORK
Sirenlike
6SHRILL
What a sad person might break into
5TEARS
1987 Dreyfuss/DeVito comedy
6TINMEN
^
3OMG
Philosopher Kierkegaard
5SOREN
Dig up dirt
3HOE
It typically has a string attached
6TEABAG
Bright shade similar to magenta
12SHOCKINGPINK
Things Fall __: Chinua Achebe novel
5APART
Oh cruel fate!
4ALAS
Canadian coin featuring a polar bear, informally
6TOONIE
Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologist
13LIFEBEFOREMAN
Weasel relatives
7FERRETS
A water molecule contains three of these
5ATOMS
Vexillologist's subject
5FLAGS
Stone measure
5CARAT
Explorer with her monkey friend Boots
4DORA
Bud of baseball
5SELIG
What Excedrin relieves
4PAIN
Strawberry ___ Refresher (Starbucks drink)
4ACAI
Stir up
6INCITE
Hit reality TV series suggested by this puzzle's groups of circled letters
14UNDERCOVERBOSS
Place for a shoelace
6EYELET
Manning with two Super Bowl rings
6PEYTON
You can count on me
7IMALLIN
Talks back to
6SASSES
Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde"
5REESE
Patronized, as a restaurant
7DINEDAT
Words on either side of "___ is ___"
4ABET
Bank on
4RELY
Sting operation
4TRAP
Trouble with Zs?
8INSOMNIA
Take a load off
3SIT
Singer DiFranco who created Righteous Babe Records
3ANI
Small change
6NICKEL
Tilt
4LEAN
Werewolf on TV's "Wednesday"
4ENID
Slip up
3ERR
Wee mewer
6KITTEN
Prestigious academic journal since 1880
7SCIENCE
Résumé problems, at times
4GAPS
365 días
3ANO
More ideal?
6UTOPIA
Trix or Kix
6CEREAL
__ society
6HUMANE
Performances at Paris's Palais Garnier
6OPERAS
Well again
6HEALED
Quick hellos
3HIS
Vibes
5MOODS
Jumpy
6ONEDGE
What many a shelter animal hopes to be
7RESCUED
BMW offering since 2000
4MINI
Many boy band fans
6TWEENS
2019 film that one reviewer called "purr-fectly dreadful"
4CATS
Villainous chortle
4HEHE
Can I go now?
9AREWEDONE
Await settlement, as a payment
4PEND
Partner of Parks, informally
3REC
Goes well (with)
4FITS
California's Big __
3SUR
Band with the 1995 hit "Wonderwall"
5OASIS
Clorox competitor
5LYSOL
Individualist
5LONER
Drink from a tub?
9MOONSHINE
Concert broadcast that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, with "the"
4OPRY
The Who's "Love Reign ___ Me"
3OER
Makeup of some face masks
3MUD
Vast amount
3SEA
Italian city known for its cheese
5PARMA
Vapes
5ECIGS
Georgia airport, for short
3ATL
Dish
5PETRI
Annual reason for lost sleep: Abbr.
3DST
Fighting
4ATIT
Pi follower
3RHO
"Uhh ...," to Brits
3ERM
Come back in
7REENTER
Alternatives to gyro platters
6KEBABS
Variety of rabbit or goat
6ANGORA
What a tall collar covers
4NAPE
Read quickly
4SCAN
Gives the green light
3OKS
I've got this
4ONIT
Barely scrapes (by)
4EKES
Social blunder
5GAFFE
Amateur radio devotees
4HAMS
Greeting in Brazil
3OLA
Easily moved
8PORTABLE
Arrive by car
6ROLLUP
Gym staff member
7TRAINER
Set of nine dancing in "The 12 Days of Christmas"
6LADIES
2017 figure skating biopic
6ITONYA
Compels
6FORCES
Things that typically build up during vacation
6EMAILS
Easter purchase
6EGGDYE
Social media tribute to a celeb, say
6FANVID
Tech company exec
3CIO
Hollywood workplaces
4SETS
Major leaguers
4PROS
Something hard to face?
4ACNE
Small bug
4COLD
__ Minor
4ASIA
Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely"
4ISNT
Vex, with "off"
3TEE
Summer on the Riviera
3ETE
Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records
3EMI
Led
3RAN