Missing Letter Crossword February 17 2026 Answers (2/17/26)

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The Missing Letter Crossword February 17, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	NOUN: "mostly indigestible material in food (such as legumes, whole grains, and vegetables) that...promotes elimination of waste from the large intestine"
6A	Set of twelve (abbr.)
9A	Get a smile out of
10A	NOUN: "a...savings [fund] in which income taxes on certain deposits and on all gains are deferred until withdrawals are made"
11A	ADJECTIVE: "of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior"
12A	NOUN: "a high official with special privileges
13A	Vitamin B3
15A	Right for the situation
17A	NOUN: "a...colorless and...inert gaseous element"
19A	NOUN: "a wily subterfuge"
21A	PLURAL NOUN: "various small wingless usually flattened insects (orders Anoplura and Mallophaga) parasitic on warm-blooded animals"
22A	NOUN: "cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade fastened to a handle"
24A	ADVERB: "at the present time or moment"
25A	NOUN: "a condition that is characterized by various psychological and physiological effects (such as fatigue and irritability)...and probably results from disruption of circadian rhythms in the human body"
27A	NOUN: "the Chinese peoples especially as distinguished from non-Chinese (such as Mongolian) elements in the population"
28A	NOUN: "a seasoned minced or ground meat (such as pork, beef, or poultry) stuffed in casings usually of prepared animal intestine"
31A	Son of, in Saudi Arabia
32A	Take ___ (check out property)
33A	Goth in 2025's "Frankenstein"
34A	VERB: "to sing by suddenly changing from a natural voice to a falsetto and back"
1D	Close pal, casually
2D	"If you ask me..." when texting
3D	NOUN: "a yellowish red to reddish brown pigment"
4D	Morales in 2025's "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning"
5D	"You're overreacting!"
6D	NOUN: "a forked [stick] believed to indicate the presence of water or minerals especially by dipping downward when held over a vein"
7D	GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "river 1336 miles (2150 kilometers) long in Venezuela flowing from the Brazilian border to the Colombia border and from there into the Atlantic Ocean through a wide delta"
8D	INTERJECTION: "used to indicate a sudden or instantaneous occurrence"
14D	NOUN: "a transparent sheet of [material] on which objects are drawn or painted in the making of animated cartoons"
15D	NOUN: "a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood"
16D	NOUN: "an Indo-Aryan language of...the northwestern Indian subcontinent"
18D	Recently purchased
20D	NOUN: "the terrestrial phase of a predominantly aquatic newt"
23D	John Denver loves
26D	Prefix with pay or pilot
27D	"Is that the guy?"
29D	VERB: "to seek justice or right from (a person) by legal process"
30D	Classic MTV show, briefly

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