Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, February 14, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, February 14, 2026 features 63 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.7 letters. The longest answer is "LOVETRIANGLES".
Total Clues
63
Longest
LOVETRIANGLES
Avg Length
5.7
Shortest
ECG
Featured Clue
"Features of many romantic dramas"
13 Letters
LOVETRIANGLES
ALLComplete Solution List
It's made with two fingers
9PEACESIGN
They're often taken in December
11SANTAPHOTOS
Features of many romantic dramas
13LOVETRIANGLES
Follow me
4COME
Heart test, for short
3ECG
Subject of study
4AREA
Go heavy at the buffet, say
6LOADUP
Kind of car on a long-distance train
6DINING
The W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards
3ATL
Requirement of some dress codes
7SLEEVES
Tree of life, in Norse mythology
3ASH
Tire meas.
3PSI
Intimate footage
7SEXTAPE
Meadow
3LEA
Arrive suddenly and from a distance, metaphorically
11PARACHUTEIN
Big drink?
4SWIG
Unlikeable sorts
5TOOLS
Like a nepo baby's life, perhaps
4CUSH
Things peddled
5WARES
B.C. winter hrs.
3PST
Arizona State city
5TEMPE
Where Excalibur was forged
6AVALON
North African fortress
6CASBAH
Access, as a profitable enterprise
7GETINON
Potpourri bags
7SACHETS
Ones no longer in office?
13REMOTEWORKERS
One of the "Golden Girls" of the 2024 Summer Olympics
11SIMONEBILES
Puts one's money on the line
9TAKESABET
Smoothed over, in a way
5PAVED
Suffix with benz
3ENE
QB stat: Abbr.
3ATT
Attention to detail
4CARE
Totally awesome
4EPIC
Screw or nail, to a Brit
4SHAG
It's charged
3ION
Texter's ta-ta
3GTG
Oppenheimer director
5NOLAN
Antagonists in 2013's "Captain Phillips"
13SOMALIPIRATES
One-of-a-kind figures
13SERIALNUMBERS
Takes badly?
5LOOTS
Faculty
5SENSE
Show appreciation, in a way
4CLAP
Honorific meaning "elder brother"
4AGHA
Losing team in the "Miracle on Ice"
4USSR
Fold
5PLEAT
Gov't. divisions
5DEPTS
That's clear now
4ISEE
Many a private investigator
5EXCOP
Community spirit
5ETHOS
Gymnastics event
5VAULT
Minor issue?
8AGELIMIT
Greenland expanse
8ICESHEET
Stylish confidence
4SWAG
Show indecision
5WAVER
Short rows
5SPATS
Nervous laughs.
4HEHS
County next to Napa
6SONOMA
Take on, or take down
6TACKLE
Violating the rules
5NOTOK
Beer brand from Trinidad and Tobago
5CARIB
Goose named for its call
4NENE
Buckwheat noodle
4SOBA
Maryland governor Moore
3WES