Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, February 11, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "GOODNESSGRACIOUS".
Total Clues
79
Longest
GOODNESSGRACIOUS
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
EEN
Featured Clue
"Oh, for heaven's sake!"
16 Letters
GOODNESSGRACIOUS
ALLComplete Solution List
Lewis Carroll's "The ___ and the Carpenter"
6WALRUS
Something you might leave at the front door when entering a house
4SHOE
Yeah, right!
4ASIF
Quantity
6AMOUNT
Words from someone who failed to understand
9YOULOSTME
Oh, for heaven's sake!
16GOODNESSGRACIOUS
Show contempt for, in a way
7SNEERAT
Rain delay coverings
5TARPS
Poet's dusk
3EEN
Mystical stuff
6ARCANA
"We don't discriminate in this workplace," in job ads
3EEO
Newfoundland or Labrador retriever
8DOGBREED
Transcript fig.
3GPA
Openly resists
6DEFIES
"Then, window, let day in, and let ___ out": Juliet
4LIFE
Smile broadly
4BEAM
Arduous routine
5GRIND
Get smart
4SASS
"Priscilla" director Coppola
5SOFIA
How a German count might get started
4EINS
Swampy land
4MIRE
Does the dishes.
6CATERS
Complete collection
3SET
Hoped-for prognosis for an election incumbent
8SAFESEAT
Twisty curve
3ESS
Spews out
6EJECTS
Big name in nail polish
3OPI
One-named singer with the 2017 platinum album "Melodrama"
5LORDE
Trap
7ENSNARE
1957 rock 'n' roll classic suggested by this puzzle's circled letters
16GREATBALLSOFFIRE
Crème de la crème
9BESTOFALL
Prom, e.g.
6FORMAL
Iconic bit of NPR merch
4TOTE
Confront
4FACE
Puts icing on
6FROSTS
Tail or finger motion
3WAG
Andy's partner in an old radio sitcom
4AMOS
State bird of Minnesota
4LOON
Ill-mannered
4RUDE
Superfluous
8UNNEEDED
Purchases for some audiophiles
7STEREOS
Part of GPS (abbr.)
4SYST
Not share, as the covers
3HOG
Taylor Swift's "___ Song"
3OUR
She, in São Paulo
3ELA
___ pear (applelike fruit)
5ASIAN
Cost required to stow furniture, say
10STORAGEFEE
"My turn to play!"
4IMUP
Come clean, with "up"
4FESS
Eightsome
5OCTAD
Belted out
4SANG
Comes into play
6ARISES
Play callers
4REFS
It's for "cookie," to Cookie Monster
3CEE
Sides
5EDGES
Inducing goose bumps
5EERIE
Worth exploring
10OFINTEREST
Plays at full blast
6BLARES
What pants come in that shirts don't
5PAIRS
Accumulate
5AMASS
Useful contacts
3INS
Online automaton
3BOT
Search (through)
4SIFT
Replaced as a substitute
8SATINFOR
__ and cheese
3MAC
Finishes with flair
7CAPSOFF
Take care of, as a task
5SEETO
Seeming eternities
4EONS
Matchmaking site with a "synagogue attendance" filter
5JDATE
Pride Month letters
4LGBT
Black-and-white mouthful
4OREO
Actress Fanning
4ELLE
Lead-in to Cuban or Caribbean
4AFRO
Glasses sans glass
4RIMS
Q.E.D. part
4ERAT
Fave pal
3BFF
Small battery
3AAA
Cousin of {/Inc./}
3LLC
Enrollment center?
3ELS