Crossword Answers For: Saturday, February 14, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Grazing spots? => TAPASBARS
Down: Classic Milwaukee brewer => PABST
Down: Holding back tears, perhaps => EMOTIONAL
Down: Cornmeal cake => AREPA
Down: Final act for a big star => SUPERNOVA
Down: Tiptoe => CREEP
Down: Phillies All-Star shortstop Turner => TREA
Down: Salon sounds => SNIPS
Down: Squeaks (by) => EKES
Down: Hermana de la madre => TIA
Down: Scoped out => CASED
Down: Resource that may be recharged with alone time => SOCIALBATTERY
Down: Alan Ladd Western => SHANE
Down: Sphere => REALM
Down: Green shade => PEA
Down: 1990s fad item => POG
Down: State gemstone of Minnesota => AGATE
Down: [Raises hand] => IAM
Down: Ferment, perhaps => AGE
Down: Cut back => PRUNE
Down: Alabama and Kansas => BANDS
Down: Unapologetic self-promotion => SHAMELESSPLUG
Down: Infer => EDUCE
Down: __ complicated => ITS
Down: Big D cagers => MAVS
Down: David Oyelowo film set in Alabama => SELMA
Down: French head => TETE
Down: Covered in vines => IVIED
Down: Reason to cover a lot of ground quickly? => RAINDELAY
Down: Come and go => RECUR
Down: Nonbillable work? => MINORROLE
Down: Goomba, to Mario => ENEMY
Down: Local cultural ecosystems => ARTSCENES
Down: Exam => TEST
Down: River between Russia and China => AMUR
Down: Vatican City resident => POPE
Down: Carbo-loaded, say => ATEATON
Down: Military address => SIR
Down: Art with a moyogi style => BONSAI
Down: Rando on a message board => ANON
Down: Sitarist Shankar => RAVI
Down: Give a hand? => SLAP
Down: Campaign gp. => PAC
Down: Mesmerize => ARREST
Down: Sting operation? => BEEKEEPING
Down: Cram for book club => SPEEDREAD
Down: Dances like Savion Glover => TAPS
Down: Magnitude => SCALE
Down: Water cooler => ICE
Down: Texter's Currently => ATM
Down: Words from a seasoned pro => SAGEADVICE
Down: Engage in forensics => ARGUE
Down: Tilts => LEANS
Down: Matlock star => BATES
Down: Staple of Nigerian cuisine => YAMS
Down: Beauty spots => SPAS
Down: State of bliss => HOGHEAVEN
Down: Les Alyscamps city => ARLES
Down: Burpee target => PEC
Down: Club kin => BLT
Down: Puritanical => AUSTERE
Down: Institution that may have a repatriation policy => MUSEUM
Down: Moving challenges => PIANOS
Down: Wetland => MIRE
Down: Gospel singer Franklin => ERMA
Down: Burrow => LAIR
Down: Bread maker => MINT
Down: North Carolina college town => ELON
Down: Epic => TALE
Down: Emoji reaction to a hot take => EYES
Down: Word with rub or run => DRY
Down: Kinshasa's country, briefly => DRC

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 73 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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