Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, February 27, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, February 27, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.7 letters. The longest answer is "SACAGAWEADOLLAR".
Total Clues
70
Longest
SACAGAWEADOLLAR
Avg Length
5.7
Shortest
KEY
Featured Clue
"Coinage of the early 2000s?"
15 Letters
SACAGAWEADOLLAR
ALLComplete Solution List
Coinage of the early 2000s?
15SACAGAWEADOLLAR
Sierra Nevada product
15AMERICANPALEALE
Jeans material for a worn-out look
15DISTRESSEDDENIM
Email folder
6DRAFTS
Bear up?
4URSA
Most important part
3KEY
"___-roh!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")
3RUH
Jerk
3TIC
Bird that Zeus disguised himself as in a much-told Greek myth
4SWAN
Traditional folk dance
4REEL
Pantheon feature
7ROTUNDA
Rita on "The Masked Singer"
3ORA
Challenge
4DARE
Car requirement beginning in 1998
6AIRBAG
"___ regards ..." (letter sign-off)
7KINDEST
Raw, in a way
7TARTARE
Remove from office
6UNSEAT
___ it easy
4AINT
N.Y.P.D. rank: Abbr.
3SGT
Prepares, as coq au vin
7BRAISES
Chinese menu possessive
4TSOS
Steps in diagnosing A.C.L. injuries, perhaps
4MRIS
Carton amts.
3QTS
__-de-sac
3CUL
Kung ___ chicken
3PAO
Concerning
4ASTO
___ the Great, king of ancient Persia
6DARIUS
Create a distraction, so to speak
15RUNINTERFERENCE
Heroine in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" books
15ANASTASIASTEELE
Midwest city dubbed the "Little Apple"
15MANHATTANKANSAS
Travel safety grp. at school
4SADD
Arabic male name meaning "prince"
4AMIR
Delivery methods?
9CESAREANS
Slick, say
6ARTFUL
Tailor's measurement
5GIRTH
Three-time W.N.B.A. champs of the 2020s
4ACES
Happened
3WAS
Adjoining, in a way
7ENSUITE
Illuminating point
6APERCU
Soda brand since 1937
4DADS
Antediluvian
9OLDASDIRT
Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim
3LEE
Sri __
5LANKA
World traveler
5ALIEN
Big name in cognac
4REMY
Suit material
4TORT
Blemish
4WART
Modern streaming device
4ROKU
You can find her in this clue (hidden!)
4ERIN
Like Snoop Dogg, faith-wise, when he changed his name to Snoop Lion
5RASTA
Flatbread choices
5NAANS
Start of a child's letter
9DEARSANTA
Funk music features
9BASSLINES
Carrier of the Golden Fleece
4ARGO
Picks up
4GETS
Actress Mazar
4DEBI
Hitches
4TIES
Neighborhood in New York City where Zohran Mamdani lived before being elected the city's mayor
7ASTORIA
Brightness measurement of a sort
6IQTEST
Serving piece
6TUREEN
Hawaiian for "mountain"
5MAUNA
Saoirse of 2019's "Little Women"
5RONAN
Magna ___
5CARTA
Carriage, in Coventry
4PRAM
Right away!
4STAT
Secretary, for example
4DESK
Where Jackie Robinson played four(!) college sports, in brief
4UCLA
Accompanies (to)
4SEES
Standoff's conclusion?
3ISH
Blow air on
3FAN