Legend, e.g. Crossword Clue

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LEGEND (noun)
1. brief description accompanying an illustration
2. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

More NYT Crossword (2/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. Succeed

6. Home of War in the Pacific National Historical Park

10. Sign on some restroom doors

13. Angular unit of measurement

15. Sapa ___ ("the only emperor" in Quechua)

16. Kitchen gadget brand

17. Must pay

18. *Public messages of appreciation

20. Heavy metal band whose name is a big cat in Spanish

22. Alternatively

23. Sign out?

24. Firehouse supply

26. Take out, in a way

28. "An idea …"

30. Mount known to produce rare volcanic "smoke rings"

31. Off-road ride, for short

32. Horned mountain climber

34. Pen

36. Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

37. *New England-style chowder, for one

39. ___-weekly (mag type)

40. Small surgical instrument

42. Wraps up

43. Wield

44. Ingrid Bergman's "Casablanca" role

45. Stuff with strands

46. College subj. that can be evolutionary or behavioral

47. Lightweight fabric for a handkerchief

50. Tomato type

53. Digs for dogs

54. Long-legged wader

58. Provide comfort, in a way … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Across clues

60. Northeastern prep school or its town

61. "What's the ___?"

62. Surrender

63. Ceramics component

64. Web portal with a butterfly logo

65. Schooner's stabilizer

66. Some spa treatments

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Down

1. What a phone call or new album might do

2. 7-Eleven competitor on the East Coast

3. Tree of knowledge locale

4. Directory name

5. *Behind in payment

6. Ones "over there" in "Over There," in brief

7. Sacrilegious

9. Beat in chess

10. Mechanisms that are often spring-loaded

11. *Forevermore

12. Us, in Spanish

14. Sushi seaweed type

19. From further back

21. Befuddled

25. Coarse, as language

26. Quickly smooch … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Down clues

27. Square

29. *Word appearing 51 times in the New Testament

31. Speak extemporaneously

32. Makeup of some shelves

33. Lunch item usually eaten with two hands, in brief

34. Cow's mouthful

35. Photo __

38. Wolf (down)

41. Michael nominated for Oscars in five different decades

45. Fool

46. Hollywood's Anderson or Bach

48. Nosh

49. Little laugh

51. Sounds from un estadio

52. *Severely harm

55. Words of affirmation?

56. Resting place for a boa

57. Pâté de foie ___

58. Unpleasant discovery under a desk

59. Hair raiser?

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