Crossword Answers For: Monday, February 9, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Prepare to be photographed => POSE
Down: Lobster's pincer => CLAW
Down: Trig subject => MATH
Down: Grand ice cream => EDYS
Down: Buenos __, Argentina => AIRES
Down: Wound-treating plant in ancient Greece and Egypt => ALOE
Down: Don't forget we want lots of letters! => REMEMBERTOWRITE
Down: PC connection port => USB
Down: __ of Skye => ISLE
Down: Gabbed on end => YAKKED
Down: 10-min. NFL periods => OTS
Down: Buffoon => OAF
Down: Sesame __ bun => SEED
Down: Aviation pioneer who said, It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill => WILBURWRIGHT
Down: Emphatic confirmation of accomplishment => IDIDSO
Down: __-mo replay => SLO
Down: Under the weather => SICK
Down: __ Misérables => LES
Down: That's gross! => EWW
Down: Songwriter __-Manuel Miranda => LIN
Down: Convent resident => NUN
Down: The Dalai __ => LAMA
Down: Have lunch => EAT
Down: Replaceable turntable part => NEEDLE
Down: Exchange of wedding vows, e.g. => MARRIAGERITE
Down: React to ear scritches, perhaps => MEOW
Down: U.K. part => ENG
Down: Near-failing grade => DEE
Down: Hats for haute cuisine chefs => TOQUES
Down: Gas sealed in glass => NEON
Down: Rizzo the Muppet, for one => RAT
Down: I think that's correct, or what one may say about the ends of 17-, 28-, and 50-Across => SOUNDSRIGHTTOME
Down: Fluttered down to the ground => ALIT
Down: Pitcher Ryan who holds the MLB record for career strikeouts => NOLAN
Down: Apex => ACME
Down: Ice Spice songs => RAPS
Down: Word underlined in red, maybe => TYPO
Down: Fight enders, briefly => TKOS
Down: Cuzco's country => PERU
Down: Lyrical homages => ODES
Down: Book club discussion topic => SYMBOLISM
Down: Opposite of WNW => ESE
Down: Fleet that may display local ads => CABS
Down: Stay out of the limelight => LIELOW
Down: Unpaid and overdue debts => ARREARS
Down: Drenched => WET
Down: Grocery stores => MARKETS
Down: Quite similar => ALIKE
Down: Schlepped around => TOTED
Down: Follow, as advice => HEED
Down: Tempeh base => SOY
Down: Apply incorrectly => MISUSE
Down: Launder => WASH
Down: More deets soon => TBD
Down: Staff, as a position => FILL
Down: Elf star Ferrell => WILL
Down: Lightbulb moment => IDEA
Down: Coxswain follower => ROWER
Down: Not hanging around => GOING
Down: The Smiths genre => INDIEROCK
Down: __ of personality => CULT
Down: Reflex test target => KNEE
Down: Suffix with spy or ransom => WARE
Down: May refuse to => NEEDNT
Down: Sum totals => AMOUNTS
Down: In a high-pitched, cheap-sounding way => TINNILY
Down: Poet's before => ERE
Down: Floored => AWED
Down: Factor in family planning => AGEGAP
Down: Bucks => MOOLA
Down: Provide with gear => EQUIP
Down: Russian monarch => TSAR
Down: Data breach target fig. => SSN
Down: What a disaster! => OHNO
Down: Nerf darts, e.g. => AMMO
Down: Golf pegs => TEES
Down: Nonsense, to a Brit => ROT
Down: Tit for __ => TAT

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 79 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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