Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, February 19, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, February 19, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "CRUISINFORABRUISIN".
Total Clues
79
Longest
CRUISINFORABRUISIN
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
KEG
Featured Clue
"Courting disaster, slangily"
18 Letters
CRUISINFORABRUISIN
ALLComplete Solution List
Punk rocker Joan
4JETT
Choctaw or Chickasaw
5TRIBE
Design detail
4SPEC
"Up and ___!" (catchphrase for a physicist)
4ATOM
In possession of
6HAVING
Tibetan title
4LAMA
Courting disaster, slangily
18CRUISINFORABRUISIN
Fraternity party order
3KEG
Symbol of protection.
3ARK
Part of a window above the apron
4SILL
One-half of a golf partnership, perhaps
3PRO
Sound of disapproval
4HISS
Concludes
6CLOSES
Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhaps
16SINGSINTHESHOWER
Swindled
5STUNG
Boxing champ Laila
3ALI
Subject of the Edward Snowden leaks, in brief
3NSA
Jot down
4NOTE
Makes a noise like an electric fan
6WHIRRS
Australian actor Eric
4BANA
Father
3OUR
Concert souvenir
3TEE
River to the Rio Grande
5PECOS
They may have knowledge of corporate secrets
16BUSINESSINSIDERS
Be defeated by
6LOSETO
__ of the D'Urbervilles
4TESS
Big name in London
3BEN
Big beginning
4MEGA
Servant of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings"
3ORC
Short flight
3HOP
Better choice, given the options ... or the circled squares vis-à-vis the shaded ones?
16LESSEROFTWOEVILS
Volunteer's words
4ICAN
Completely immersed, perhaps
6SOAKED
Some colorful plastic items in the seasonal aisle in the spring
4EGGS
Noted Punxsutawney resident
4PHIL
Source of some aerial shots
5DRONE
Take
4THAT
Part of a royal flush
4JACK
Raison d'__
4ETRE
Metaphor for a challenging puzzle
8TOUGHNUT
"Eww ... just eww"
3TMI
Want very much, with "for"
6THIRST
Major, e.g.
4RANK
Reproductive option, for short
3IVF
Some paragraphs in playbills
4BIOS
Improve
6ENRICH
High-end camera, for short
3SLR
Penniless one
6PAUPER
Mideast leaders
5EMIRS
Spot to play baccarat
6CASINO
Gas units
7GALLONS
Talking back to
7SASSING
Is really bad, in slang
5BLOWS
Formed from molten lava
7IGNEOUS
Sunken treasure sites
7SEABEDS
You can request a new one on religious grounds if it contains "666": Abbr.
3SSN
What was ___ think?
3ITO
Yeah, right!
3HAH
Ruling class?
5ELITE
Fathers
5SIRES
Dickens and Dickinson
7WRITERS
Varnish ingredient
5RESIN
Card game clarification
8ACESHIGH
Neither's partner
3NOR
Buffoon
3ASS
I'm at your disposal!
5USEME
Bishop, e.g.
5PIECE
Japanese word that's sometimes translated as "planted in a pot"
6BONSAI
Commentator's call after a missed field goal
6NOGOOD
Took steps
6STRODE
Medieval cure-all
5LEECH
Radar operator's concern
4BLIP
Over yonder
4AFAR
Wilson of the Frat Pack
4OWEN
Actress Kurylenko
4OLGA
Over here!
4PSST
Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief
3SNL
Fight-ending letters
3TKO
Screen, as a candidate
3VET