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NYT Crossword
Sunday, February 15, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, February 15, 2026 features 147 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE".

Total Clues

147

Longest

ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE

Avg Length

5.4

Shortest

ERA

Featured Clue

""Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle"

22 Letters

ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE

ALLComplete Solution List

Do a little too well?

Resident of Ayrshire or Lanarkshire

Discouraged action

<i>Completely destroy with a blast</i>

17BLOWTOSMITHEREENS

<i>Gaia, by another name</i>

Something typically taken every 10 years

Certain bridge positions

Segment of a timeline, perhaps

The moon's "maria"

"Rhoda" actress Valerie

<i>Version of a textbook designed for instruction</i>

14TEACHEREDITION

Salon substance

Muppet who loves pigeons

"My life is over"

Sarcastic response to a show-off

Walked gingerly

Product with Pro, Air and Mini varieties

Conical shelter

Use salt instead of sugar while baking, say

Skewered Indonesian dish

___ Winter, basketball coach who famously innovated the "triangle offense"

Had a brain fart

Top-left PC key

Like some simple repair jobs, in brief

Grilled South American fare

"Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle

22ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE

Science-and-nature magazine, familiarly

Frequently, poetically

Fair-hiring inits.

Chemical element whose use led to the first known law against poisoning

Herman ___ (potato chip entrepreneur)

Speeds of slow-moving traffic

<i>Delicate, as beauty</i>

<i>Photo-editing technique used to create a smooth transition</i>

Middle-of-the-night woe

Duchess of ___ (noted Spanish title)

Made younger-looking in an editing studio, say

Reality TV franchise created by Tyra Banks

Philosophy symbolized by yin and yang

Throw, in modern slang

Fort Collins sch.

Company behind the machine used to make Slurpees

Kind of paper in a lab

<i>"Wait, are we done?"</i>

16ISTHATALLTHEREIS

Queen of the fairies

Fruit also known as a "uniq"

Largest bird in North America

You can't make me!, e.g.

"The Exchange" airer

Flaw in an argument

Unknown author, for short

Unresolved parts of a plot

Org. to which you might provide your bank account info

Renewable energy structure

Globelike shape

Poetic contraction

Many middle-schoolers

Ones pressed for cash?

M.L.B. team that once went by OAK on scoreboards

Fashion designer Carolina

Certain public transit network

Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube

"People ___ Strange" (the Doors song)

Conduct inciting an insurrection

World's first billion-dollar corporation

Game piece in Rummikub

Where jet-setters may rub elbows

Prefix meaning "sun"

Heavens to Betsy!

Subscription-only website feature

Chicago paper, informally

N.Y.C. neighborhood that's home to the Grey Art Museum

Lower body exercise

Occupational suffix

J.F.K. predecessor

Mariner's greeting

Natural attraction

Two peas ___ pod

French wine region

LeBron James or Nikola Jokic

Delivery person's assignment: Abbr.

Beverage infused with THC

Fixed, as a "m-i-t-s-a-k-e"

County in western New York

Shoe with a thick sole

Part of an equestrian's ensemble

Benefit plan option, in brief

"Next on my list"

Lit up, in a way

___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood)

Less challenging

Video game character aptly celebrated on Mar. 10

Bicyclist's setting

Latin list-ender

Lead-in to a conclusion

__ Millions (multistate lottery)

China's largest ethnic group

Wellness resort offering

Horn contents at a Viking feast

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