Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, February 12, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, February 12, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "MOUSETRAPS".
Total Clues
76
Longest
MOUSETRAPS
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
MEN
Featured Clue
"Mechanisms that are often spring-loaded"
10 Letters
MOUSETRAPS
ALLComplete Solution List
Succeed
6DOWELL
Home of War in the Pacific National Historical Park
4GUAM
Sign on some restroom doors
3MEN
Angular unit of measurement
6RADIAN
Sapa ___ ("the only emperor" in Quechua)
4INCA
Kitchen gadget brand
3OXO
Must pay
6OWESTO
*Public messages of appreciation
9SHOUTOUTS
Heavy metal band whose name is a big cat in Spanish
7PANTERA
Alternatively
6ORELSE
Sign out
4EXIT
Firehouse supply
7LADDERS
Take out, in a way
3SEE
*An idea
3SAY
Mount known to produce rare volcanic "smoke rings"
4ETNA
Off-road ride, for short
3ATV
Horned mountain climber
4IBEX
Pen
6CORRAL
Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
3DEE
*New England-style chowder, for one
8CLAMSOUP
___-weekly (mag type)
3ALT
Small surgical instrument
6LANCET
Wraps up
4ENDS
Wield
3PLY
Ingrid Bergman's "Casablanca" role
4ILSA
Stuff with strands
3DNA
College subj. that can be evolutionary or behavioral
3PSY
Lightweight fabric for a handkerchief
7BATISTE
Tomato type
4ROMA
Pet project?
6KENNEL
Long-legged wader
8FLAMINGO
Provide comfort, in a way ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred Across clues
8GIVEAHUG
Northeastern prep school or its town
6EXETER
What's the ___
3USE
Surrender
4CEDE
Ceramics component
6SILICA
Web portal with a butterfly logo
3MSN
Schooner's stabilizer
4KEEL
Some spa treatments
5MASKS
What a phone call or new album might do
4DROP
7-Eleven competitor on the East Coast
4WAWA
Tree of Knowledge locale
4EDEN
Directory name
6LISTEE
*Behind in payment
4LATE
Ones "over there" in "Over There," in brief
3GIS
Sacrilegious
6UNHOLY
Legend, e.g.
5ACURA
Beat, in chess
5MATED
Mechanisms that are often spring-loaded
10MOUSETRAPS
Forevermore
9ETERNALLY
Us, in Spanish
3NOS
Sushi seaweed type
4NORI
From further back
5OLDER
Befuddled
5ATSEA
Coarse, as language
5SALTY
Quickly smooch ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred Down clues
10STEALAKISS
Square
10EVENSTEVEN
*Word appearing 51 times in the New Testament
4AMEN
Speak extemporaneously
5ADLIB
Makeup of some shelves
3ICE
Lunch item usually eaten with two hands, in brief
3BLT
Cow's mouthful
3CUD
Photo ___
3OPS
Wolf down
5SNARF
Michael nominated for Oscars in five different decades
5CAINE
Fool
6DELUDE
Hollywood's Anderson or Bach
6PAMELA
Nosh
5SNACK
Little laugh
5TEHEE
Sounds from un estadio
4OLES
Severely harm
4MAIM
Words of affirmation
4ITIS
Resting place for a boa
4NECK
Pâté de foie ___
4GRAS
Unpleasant discovery under a desk
3GUM
Hair-raiser?
3GEL