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Friday, February 27, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Attorney's expertise
4 Across: Dostoyevsky's "__ and Punishment"
6 Across: Speculation, as in a tabloid
7 Across: Comparable
8 Across: Wager
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Calculus calculation
2 Down: Rampage without restraint
3 Down: "__ off to see the wizard"
4 Down: Zodiac symbol
5 Down: Reign
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Thursday, February 26, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Caribbean resort island
6 Across: Television news hour
7 Across: Mopiest
8 Across: Exact
9 Across: Overlooked
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Firm, as pasta
2 Down: Military clothing worn by British Army
3 Down: Eye inflammation
4 Down: German astronomer
5 Down: Put up an amount in poker
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: August, e.g.
7 Across: Keep afloat
8 Across: Resolve out of court
10 Across: Sailors
11 Across: One of the Great Lakes
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Down Clues and Answers:2 Down: Acquire
3 Down: Christmas cookie ingredient
4 Down: Decorative metalware
5 Down: Villain in "The Lion King"
6 Down: Mule relatives
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Genie's home
5 Across: Stand for painters
6 Across: Roman, e.g.
7 Across: Spiritual sloth
8 Across: Lease again
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Jacket flaps
2 Down: Comments to the audience
3 Down: Deserve
4 Down: "Not guilty," for one
5 Down: TV host
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Monday, February 23, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:4 Across: Earnest attempt
7 Across: Promised land
8 Across: College official
9 Across: Irritable
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Frequently
2 Down: Scooter's cousin
3 Down: Washington, e.g.
4 Down: European currency
5 Down: Old-fashioned type
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Sunday, February 22, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:3 Across: Title of Dracula
6 Across: Section of theater
7 Across: Unadorned
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Thwarts, as a villain
2 Down: Dim
3 Down: Bottle part
4 Down: Springsteen's "Born in the __"
5 Down: Royal flush card
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Beehive state
4 Across: Common soccer score
6 Across: Concern for divers
8 Across: Shade
9 Across: Prom partner
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Command on computer
2 Down: Neckwear
3 Down: First Greek letter
5 Down: For whom the bell tolls
7 Down: Egyptian boy king
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Friday, February 20, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Close friend
4 Across: Jamaican citrus fruit
6 Across: __ Kelly (American actress)
8 Across: End of prayer
9 Across: Recipe instruction
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Dog breed with short snout
2 Down: Taj Mahal city
3 Down: Woolly petting zoo animal
5 Down: Coffee variety
7 Down: Terminate
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Blacken
4 Across: Y chromosome carriers
6 Across: "Luck be a lady __"
8 Across: Stage role of Hamlet's Ophelia, for one
9 Across: Newborn mammal
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Danced, Latin-American style
2 Down: Property recipient, legally
3 Down: Reigning
4 Down: French impressionist painter
5 Down: Closes, as a door
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:3 Across: Thus
4 Across: Otherwise
5 Across: Loose coins
7 Across: Byzantine, e.g.
8 Across: Perform
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Complimentary hotel cleaning aid
2 Down: Unrestrained
3 Down: Joe __ (hypothetical ordinary man)
4 Down: Shrek, e.g.
5 Down: Relinquish
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:2 Across: Remote
4 Across: Distinctive time period
6 Across: Main arteries
9 Across: Pluck, as eyebrows
10 Across: Butterfly catcher
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Goal of investors
3 Down: Staggered
4 Down: Dine
5 Down: "__ we there yet?"
7 Down: Finger count
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Monday, February 16, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: "__ and the Beast"
6 Across: Muse of poetry
7 Across: Chair part
8 Across: Jump, as a bunny
10 Across: Nine daughters of Zeus
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: "Let It __" (The Beatles)
2 Down: Victorian, e.g.
3 Down: Second-largest city in Denmark
4 Down: Fullest extent
5 Down: Toronto, slang
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Sunday, February 15, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Hair product
4 Across: Distribute
5 Across: Uncertainty
6 Across: Impulse
7 Across: Salon application
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Swindle
2 Down: River in central Europe
3 Down: Permit
4 Down: Character from "Finding Nemo"
5 Down: Flop
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Saturday, February 14, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:4 Across: Optimal
7 Across: Requiem
8 Across: Salad ingredient
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Black __ spider
2 Down: Unsettling
3 Down: Cooking direction
5 Down: Disturbance on the ears
6 Down: Way back when
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Friday, February 13, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Winter driving hazard
4 Across: One of Santa's reindeer
7 Across: Circumvent
8 Across: Condescend
9 Across: "Always __ your conscience be your guide"
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Coffee variety
2 Down: Sheltered coastal feature
3 Down: Internet letters
5 Down: Advantage
6 Down: Circus structure
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