Crossword Answers For: Thursday, February 26, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Former Top Chef host Lakshmi => PADMA
Down: Imperfection => FLAW
Down: Tennis champion Swiatek => IGA
Down: Second calling? => ALIAS
Down: Untimely? => LATE
Down: Carpentry wedge => SHIM
Down: See 33-Across => CLOCKFACES
Down: Educated memoirist Westover => TARA
Down: Creative inspiration => MUSE
Down: In __ of gifts ... => LIEU
Down: Coffees, casually => JAVAS
Down: Branch => ARM
Down: See 33-Across => CARDPLAYERS
Down: Marcus partner => NEIMAN
Down: __ baseball: esoteric knowledge => INSIDE
Down: Dove bar => SOAP
Down: Pacific resort, casually => CABO
Down: __ but a scratch => TIS
Down: Walk with one's sweetie, and what 16-, 23-, 49-, and 58-Across do? => HOLDHANDS
Down: General on a takeout menu => TSO
Down: Financial services co. for mil. families => USAA
Down: Checkout device => IPAD
Down: Down counterpart => ACROSS
Down: Margaret who was the first editor of the New York Times crossword => FARRAR
Down: See 33-Across => RANCHHOUSES
Down: Molecule in some vaccines => RNA
Down: No fooling! => TRUTH
Down: Mousetrap brand => DCON
Down: Supermodel Hadid => GIGI
Down: Land measure => ACRE
Down: See 33-Across => WOOLGLOVES
Down: Take five => REST
Down: Ponte Vecchio river => ARNO
Down: 25 and 30 singer => ADELE
Down: Afore => ERE
Down: 403(b) IDs => SSNS
Down: Early PC platform => MSDOS
Down: Arcade classic with ghosts => PACMAN
Down: Draws => ALLURES
Down: ¡Ay, caramba! => DIOSMIO
Down: Spice cookie spice => MACE
Down: Thought you'd never __ => ASK
Down: 14-time WWE Women's Champion Charlotte => FLAIR
Down: Like most sneakers => LACED
Down: Devoured => ATEUP
Down: Bentley of Yellowstone => WES
Down: Found a solution! => IHAVEIT
Down: Yankees manager after Torre => GIRARDI
Down: Racks up => AMASSES
Down: Hotel bookings => STAYS
Down: Custard dessert similar to crème caramel => FLAN
Down: First mo. => JAN
Down: Guitar accessory => CAPO
Down: Animal in the Premier League logo => LION
Down: __-jongg => MAH
Down: Pre-iTunes stack => CDS
Down: Cry with a finger snap => AHA
Down: Response to Bo Peep => BAA
Down: Rich => LUSH
Down: Semana parts => DIAS
Down: Beautiful time of yr. at a botanical garden => SPR
Down: Raw preparation => TARTARE
Down: Harder to find => SCARCER
Down: Hosp. caregiver during surgery => ORNURSE
Down: Got somewhere => ARRIVED
Down: Beverly of the Vacation films => DANGELO
Down: Largish jazz combo => OCTET
Down: Quiet, you! => SHH
Down: __ shui => FENG
Down: Hikes => RAISES
Down: Baking soda targets => ODORS
Down: NCAA school with the most first-round WNBA draft picks => UCONN
Down: Pilots' milestones => SOLOS
Down: Mercury and Neptune => GODS
Down: Once cost => WAS
Down: Go on the __ => LAM

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 77 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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