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NYT Crossword — 2026-02-23
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1A
Buffoons
5 letters
6A
Paula of "American Idol"
5 letters
11A
Final use for an old T-shirt
3 letters
14A
Enraged
5 letters
15A
What "my guitar gently" does, in a classic George Harrison song
5 letters
16A
Mesozoic or Paleozoic
3 letters
17A
Home for a single guy
11 letters
19A
Animation sheet
3 letters
20A
Hole for threading a lace
6 letters
21A
___ fide (genuine)
4 letters
22A
"Please like and subscribe" and the like, on YouTube videos
6 letters
25A
Dr. Seuss book with the quote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
8 letters
28A
___ Today
3 letters
29A
Kind of computer port
3 letters
31A
Like the smell of trees
6 letters
32A
Showed again
5 letters
34A
Zoom past
6 letters
37A
Psychotherapy switcheroos ... or what are hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across?
13 letters
41A
Text on a red, white and blue sticker
6 letters
42A
Gender-neutral possessive
5 letters
44A
Ran after
6 letters
47A
Opposite of WNW
3 letters
49A
To and ___
3 letters
50A
Time machine car in "Back to the Future"
8 letters
53A
Made a grand speech
6 letters
55A
Brother of Abel
4 letters
56A
Times between dusk and dawn
6 letters
58A
Had lunch, say
3 letters
59A
Fruit with a "bellybutton"
11 letters
64A
What planets revolve around
3 letters
65A
How often the time is 12:00 each day
5 letters
66A
Decorate
5 letters
67A
Mini-albums
3 letters
68A
___ of Troy
5 letters
69A
Sat for a portrait
5 letters