Premier Sunday Crossword February 22 2026 Answers (2/22/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Premier Sunday Crossword puzzle for February 22 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our Premier Sunday Crossword February 22, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Premier Sunday Crossword February 22, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Premier Sunday Crossword on 2/22/26, 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 Discord
7A Ran through a strainer
13A States as fact
20A Rice-based Spanish dish
21A Celestial ring
22A High, flat land
23A Result of Tim Cook intercepting a football?
25A Harlequin novel genre
26A King’s title
27A Charge on a football passer reported on by lots of newspapers?
29A Football two-pointer made during a plane trip?
36A Arm bone
37A Actress Dunham
38A Oil company acquired by BP
39A U.S. Army noncom
40A Stinging hits
45A Not dressed
48A Attempt
49A Hover ominously
51A As regards
52A Extra point scored in a church football game?
57A Honeycomb inhabitant
59A Sch. with a Boston campus
60A Paid the initial poker stake
61A State east of Wash.
62A Place to shop
63A Golfing target
65A Outdoes
69A Frisbee, e.g.
71A Stopping a quarterback from passing the football in a food store?
76A Pub projectile
77A Shoplift, e.g.
79A Big credit card co.
80A Select from a large group
82A In-favor vote
83A Mexican city south of San Diego
87A Happen next
88A Cloud setting
89A Football catch aired on the tube?
95A Imitate a lion
96A Plunged
97A Music genre with 101-Across
98A Actress Pia
101A Existential anxiety
103A Grassy tract
104A George Eliot’s “-- Marner”
107A Famed British prep school
108A Big name in frozen drinks
110A Chance to advance the football in which remarkable things happened?
113A Football hike executed by a redhead?
118A Privy to
119A Mrs. -- cow
120A Football lineman who’s angling?
128A Industrial co. based in Pittsburgh
129A Pastelist, e.g.
130A Glimpsed
131A Blots with a paper towel, e.g.
132A Resound again
133A Sunglasses
1D Mud bath site
2D Water spigot
3D Member of Cong.
4D Sickly
5D Meat
6D Take the loss, in slang
7D Loud shout
8D Little charged bit
9D To’s partner
10D “Mazel --!”
11D Foe
12D Have the gall
13D #1 hit for Pat Boone
14D Hoops Hall of Famer Jerry
15D Cousins of congas
16D and others
17D Actor Santoni or painter Guido
18D Envoy’s skill
19D Red Sea gulf
24D Stellar bear
28D Big chemical company
29D Viral ailment
30D Writer Deighton
31D Expand
32D Heavy wind
33D Pictures, informally
34D Beige relative
35D Playthings
39D Exact copies
41D Talked like Daffy Duck
42D Darth Vader, as a boy
43D Big-leaguer
44D Member of Cong.
46D Grad
47D Yankee great Joe, for short
50D Dr.’s study
53D Actress Teri
54D Analogy part
55D Flower part with sepals
56D Chafe
57D Offers
58D Correct copy
63D Virile dude
64D State south of Wash.
66D Refuses
67D Taxing trip
68D Stick around
70D Supplies party food for
72D Cooking oil option
73D Teen’s skin affliction
74D Tooth point
75D Butterfingers
78D Actress Tyler of “Ad Astra”
81D Princess in “Star Wars”
84D Peanut butter brand
85D In a futile way
86D Actress Quinn
87D Gut bacterium
89D -- -la-la
90D Vast span
91D Hang behind
92D Take it easy
93D Arab chief
94D Binged like crazy, in brief
99D Paddle
100D -- Arbor, Michigan
102D Like stadium seating
105D Much the same as
106D Do the vocals
109D Lex Luthor portrayer Jon
110D Cathedral topper
111D Brief letters
112D Grind, as teeth
113D Ascend
114D “Casablanca” heroine
115D Avian home
116D Revolvers, in older slang
117D Not nearby
121D Enhaloed Fr. woman
122D Brand of fruit drinks
123D “Kinda sorta”
124D IRS worker
125D Tyke
126D Marvel’s Stan
127D McMahon and Asner

The Premier Sunday Crossword is a weekly crossword puzzle that is published in the Sunday edition of the New York Post. It is considered to be one of the largest Sunday crossword puzzles in the world, with over 70 clues and a challenging difficulty level.

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The Premier Sunday Crossword was first introduced in 2004, and has since become a popular pastime for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is known for its creative and challenging clues, as well as its inclusion of a wide range of topics, from pop culture and current events to science and history.

One of the unique features of the Premier Sunday Crossword is its use of unusual grid shapes, which can sometimes make the puzzle even more challenging to solve. The puzzle is also known for its themed sections, which can add an extra layer of complexity to the solving experience.

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