Our New Yorker Crossword February 16, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.
The New Yorker Crossword February 16, 2026 Answers
If you need help solving the New Yorker Crossword on 2/16/26, 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 |
Wood-floor covering |
| 4A |
Word with second or level |
| 9A |
Type of palm fruit |
| 13A |
Insist on civility no matter the stakes, say |
| 15A |
Bone above a dog’s forepaw |
| 16A |
Unwelcome presence |
| 17A |
Word on a ground-beef package |
| 18A |
Caribbean language from which “hammock” and “hurricane” originate |
| 19A |
Jimi Hendrix was known to set foot on it |
| 21A |
Permitted to air profane content, perhaps |
| 23A |
Exchange-rate abbr. |
| 24A |
“The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” author Arundhati |
| 26A |
Go up to |
| 29A |
Likeness |
| 31A |
Brought together |
| 34A |
Lack of evolutionary change, in biology |
| 35A |
Outlook setting? |
| 37A |
Try hard |
| 38A |
Honors, so to speak |
| 39A |
Movie for which Michelle Yeoh won a 2023 Oscar, to fans |
| 40A |
“The Repast of the Lion” painter Rousseau |
| 41A |
“___ & Fear” (David Bayles and Ted Orland book about anxieties faced by creatives) |
| 42A |
It may be worn with a clip |
| 44A |
Drained |
| 49A |
Handle in secrecy? |
| 53A |
Terms for a stay |
| 54A |
Special-ed aide |
| 55A |
Debris in a vacuum? |
| 57A |
Lifeless, in a way |
| 58A |
Industry that has “not only wrested control of the economy but remade it in its own data-hungry image,” per The New Republic |
| 59A |
Contents of some cold packs |
| 60A |
Improvised |
| 61A |
Possesses |
| 1D |
Film star Saoirse |
| 2D |
Before but not after |
| 3D |
Louise : Susan :: Thelma : ___ |
| 4D |
Day on Mars |
| 5D |
Vehicle that makes bank? |
| 6D |
Dua who released “Houdini” |
| 7D |
Shelter on a frozen lake |
| 8D |
Maryland athletes, informally |
| 9D |
“Or whare ___ ruin’d castles gray / Nod to the moon”: Robert Burns |
| 10D |
Brand marketed as a solution to some teen-age insecurities |
| 11D |
Devices for establishing correspondence |
| 12D |
British spy novelist Fleming |
| 13D |
Eponymous vodka magnate Beveridge |
| 14D |
Way of showing dissatisfaction with a political candidate |
| 20D |
What I might be replaced by |
| 22D |
Follow |
| 25D |
“Wouldn’t miss it” |
| 27D |
Hibernation station |
| 28D |
Singer with increasing numbers of albums? |
| 30D |
Fashion |
| 31D |
Practice in sex and tattooing |
| 32D |
Periods of suspense? |
| 33D |
Vocal showcase |
| 34D |
Becomes unpleasant |
| 36D |
Tallboy, e.g. |
| 37D |
Multitude |
| 40D |
In a mound |
| 43D |
The gram |
| 45D |
Orangey-pink |
| 46D |
Carb lover’s order, perhaps |
| 47D |
Ces, across the Pyrenees |
| 48D |
Does about half the time? |
| 50D |
Some school volunteers |
| 51D |
___ number (measure of an object’s speed relative to the speed of sound) |
| 52D |
Nymph who loved Narcissus |
| 54D |
___ smear |
| 56D |
Key used to cancel an operation |
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