Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: God bless you, please, __ Robinson => MRS
Down: Subterranean lava => MAGMA
Down: Stop!, at sea => AVAST
Down: Feel queasy => AIL
Down: Rumored Roswell visitor => ALIEN
Down: Courage => VALOR
Down: Egg cells => OVA
Down: *Celebration of Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla => CINCODEMAYO
Down: Swab again, as a deck => REMOP
Down: Cold War rival of the KGB => CIA
Down: Jr.'s practice exam => PSAT
Down: *Only woman to serve as prime minister of India => INDIRAGANDHI
Down: Going solo => ALONE
Down: Sobbing => TEARFUL
Down: Refute => DENY
Down: Big bang letters => TNT
Down: Alabama civil rights march city => SELMA
Down: UVA's athletic org. => ACC
Down: *Evaluates => SIZESUP
Down: Special __ => OPS
Down: Litter member => WHELP
Down: Part of a semicolon => DOT
Down: One of a deadly septet => LUST
Down: That's 100% true => NODOUBT
Down: __, Macduff: Shakespeare => LAYON
Down: *Punxsutawney Phil's big moment => GROUNDHOGDAY
Down: Green curry cuisine => THAI
Down: Maker of small kitchen gadgets => OXO
Down: Witherspoon of Legally Blonde => REESE
Down: So glad you've returned!, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? => WELCOMEBACK
Down: Male sheep => RAM
Down: Trojan War tale => ILIAD
Down: City whose airport is named for 24-Across => DELHI
Down: Stockholm-to-Helsinki dir. => ENE
Down: Book identifier => TITLE
Down: Basic skateboard jump => OLLIE
Down: Aykroyd of Ghostbusters => DAN
Down: Native New Zealander => MAORI
Down: Torn asunder => RIVEN
Down: Joined a mosh pit => SLAMDANCED
Down: Apple on a teacher's desk, perhaps => MACPRO
Down: Boxer Muhammad => ALI
Down: Gimlet liquor => GIN
Down: Muslim pilgrim's destination => MECCA
Down: Name as a successor => ANOINT
Down: Michigan in Chicago, e.g.: Abbr. => AVE
Down: One who's long in the tooth? => VAMPIRE
Down: Pitiful interjection => ALAS
Down: High-protein bean => SOYA
Down: Bouncy gait => TROT
Down: Miami-__ County => DADE
Down: Like an otter's fur => OILY
Down: Not on board with => ANTI
Down: Gp. after millennials => GENZ
Down: Door fastener => HASP
Down: Struggled to gain traction => FLOUNDERED
Down: Pros who cry out loud? => UMPS
Down: __-in first-out => LAST
Down: Start of the day => DAWN
Down: Sound return => ECHO
Down: Actor Danson => TED
Down: Stimulus => SPUR
Down: Marketed => SOLD
Down: Snowbird ski resort state => UTAH
Down: Coherent => LOGICAL
Down: Premier seating area => LOGE
Down: Rapid growth period => BOOM
Down: Union suit? => TUXEDO
Down: Little terrier => YORKIE
Down: Prestigious prize with six categories => NOBEL
Down: Lotus pose, for one => ASANA
Down: Southernmost nation on the Arabian Peninsula => YEMEN
Down: Ninny => TWIT
Down: Prefix with pad => HELI
Down: Settled on a perch => ALIT
Down: Poem of homage => ODE
Down: Bailiff's first word => ALL
Down: Greek letter X => CHI

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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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