Daily Beast Crossword February 23 2026 Answers (2/23/26)

Our Daily Beast Crossword February 23, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword February 23, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Beast Crossword on 2/23/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Kitchen sink, e.g.
6A	Heinie
10A	Madison Square Garden, e.g.
11A	State where "3rd Rock from the Sun" is set
12A	American who scored the game-winning goal over Canada in the Olympic Men's Hockey final yesterday
14A	Courtroom figure (abbr.)
15A	Cook over low heat in a pan
16A	Fits perfectly together
17A	Text attachments
21A	Part of the blood
22A	Word after "yes" or 'no"
26A	With 31-Across: name given to the 1980 U.S. Men's Hockey Team's upset victory in the finals over the Soviet Union, which occurred 46 years to the day before yesterday's victory over Canada
28A	Sitting on
29A	Prefix with state or continental
30A	Show little respect to, one way
31A	See 26-Across
1D	___ Fresh (restaurant chain)
2D	Smell ___ (be suspicious)
3D	Religious offshoot
4D	The blue ghost in "Pac-Man"
5D	"I'll pass, thanks"
6D	Garments at some parties
7D	"Yup"
8D	San Salvador seven
9D	Greenskeepers' tools
13D	Puts into practice
16D	Webb who sings "Ghost of You"
17D	You are, in the Yucatan
18D	Surname that sounds like Facebook's parent company
19D	Two-color cookies
20D	Gets some air
22D	Manfred ___ ("Blinded by the Light" singer)
23D	Play opening
24D	Pierce or Guinness
25D	Trifling
27D	"___ 2" (2014 animated sequel)

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