Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, February 9, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, February 9, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "LASVEGASSTRIP".
Total Clues
78
Longest
LASVEGASSTRIP
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
USE
Featured Clue
"Main drag through Sin City"
13 Letters
LASVEGASSTRIP
ALLComplete Solution List
The slightest bit
4ATAD
Mariner's septet
4SEAS
Picket line crosser
4SCAB
Like a situation with only bad outcomes
5NOWIN
St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park
4ARCH
Voice above tenor
4ALTO
Thanksgiving boatful
5GRAVY
Spanish cat
4GATO
Nutritionist's plan
4DIET
Main drag through Sin City
13LASVEGASSTRIP
Fancy meeting you here!
4OHHI
Apply, as a new skill
3USE
Indigenous Southwestern people
6PUEBLO
Body part that can serve as a pencil holder
3EAR
___ Delicious
3YUM
Trireme implement
3OAR
Valuable bit in a prospector's pan
10GOLDNUGGET
Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally
4HARD
Nope, not for me
5IMOUT
Online "haha!"
3LOL
Steep-walled canyon
5GORGE
Hoarse voice
4RASP
Hockey player who typically plays the entire game
10GOALTENDER
Explosive-sounding TV channel
3TNT
Crow's call
3CAW
Punk-inspired music genre
3EMO
Minor disruption in the proceedings
6HICCUP
[Their typo, not mine!]
3SIC
Be a passenger
4RIDE
Question to a scaredy-cat ... to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!"
13AREYOUCHICKEN
You have a point there
4TRUE
Lake on Ohio's northern border
4ERIE
Nine-member musical group
5NONET
Lack of difficulty
4EASE
Pimples
4ACNE
Like a lot
5ADORE
Amazed
4AWED
From __ to riches
4RAGS
Water pitcher
4EWER
___-Saxon
5ANGLO
Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony
5TORAH
Overflowing (with)
5AWASH
Apportioned
9DIVVIEDUP
Long stories
5SAGAS
Wipe clean
5ERASE
America's Got Talent segments
4ACTS
Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball
7SHOTPUT
British novelist Jones
5SADIE
Portable writing surface
9CLIPBOARD
Devoured
3ATE
Spam spewer
3BOT
Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show
3NYE
Sanskrit word for "teacher"
4GURU
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of ____
3RUM
Massive
5LARGE
Pick from the menu
5ORDER
Tiny hill dweller
3ANT
Bellow
4YELL
Measurement around the waist
5GIRTH
Resident of Muscat
5OMANI
Something that's beyond help
9LOSTCAUSE
Luminesce
4GLOW
India's smallest state by area
3GOA
What students abide by when they don't cheat
9HONORCODE
Precious stone
3GEM
Period before starting more school
7GAPYEAR
Georgia ___, Atlanta school
4TECH
Pool player's stick
3CUE
Words to live by
5CREED
Taking to court
5SUING
Some frozen drinks
5ICEES
No need to remind me
5IKNOW
Outdoor John?
5DEERE
Come in!
5ENTER
Oceanic predator
4ORCA
All __ day's work
3INA
Drink served by the Mad Hatter
3TEA
Like the fish in poke
3RAW