Apple+ Crossword February 17 2026 Answers (2/17/26)

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Apple+ Crossword February 17, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Places with happy-hour menus
5A	The L in UCLA
8A	"And ___ telling you ..." (start of a song from Dreamgirls)
11A	Take out of the freezer and let sit
12A	Glazed circle in a box of 12
14A	Empire whose capital was Cuzco
15A	Aching
16A	Makes a big fuss
18A	2026, in the Chinese zodiac
20A	Suffix for "jumbo" or "mega"
21A	Likely to make a mess of things
22A	What a valet returns
24A	Pre___ students
26A	___ your time (wait)
27A	Last letter of the Greek alphabet
29A	Woodwind instrument
31A	___ up (absorb)
34A	Start of a letter sent to the North Pole
36A	Water Lilies painter Claude
38A	The A in a.m.
39A	Body parts with palates
41A	___-Cat (winter vehicle)
42A	More than just some
44A	Lizard with a green species often kept as a pet
46A	Best of the best
49A	Annual sports award
52A	Asked earnestly
53A	Greeting for today, in Mandarin
56A	Up to the task
57A	Twinkler in the night sky
58A	Yangge or samba
61A	Racing team on a river
62A	Theater backdrops
63A	Dark beer
64A	Pics on the skin
65A	Maple or pine, for example
66A	Animals that bear lambs
1D	"Boy With Luv" K-pop band
2D	"Hi there, matey!"
3D	Unexpected indulgence
4D	Solemnly promise
5D	Unit of pumpkin bread
6D	"Will do!"
7D	Vessel that carries nigiri and rolls
8D	Like gases that don't react
9D	Knee ligaments
10D	Sex of a brooding emu
12D	Stingless bee
13D	___-weenie
14D	"Fingers crossed!"
17D	Tool-storage site
19D	Low-seed tomatoes
22D	Concluding section of a piece of classical music
23D	"Couldn't agree more!"
25D	"Keep out" road sign
28D	"So happy to hear it!"
30D	Unit of measurement seen on an HVAC label
32D	"These low prices won't last!"
33D	Tubular pasta with a diagonal cut
35D	"Te ___" (Spanish for "I love you")
36D	Additive that boosts umami
37D	Frog relative
40D	Cheerful greeting (or a shout in a martial-arts movie)
43D	Hawaiian floral necklace
45D	Still awake at 2 a.m., for example
46D	Precise
47D	Zodiac sign after Virgo
48D	Small arm of the sea
50D	Piece of footwear for an ice dancer
51D	Handbag
54D	Helper (Abbr.)
55D	Wallet cards with birth dates
59D	Actor's prompt
60D	Visitors in flying saucers, for short

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