NYT Crossword Answers 02/08/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Crafty sort ARTISAN
• 8A Vegetables that should typically be sliced lengthwise before washing LEEKS
• 13A Cowboy on the pampas GAUCHO
• 19A “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa” sculptor BERNINI
• 20A Supplement ENRICH
• 22A Get in on the game ANTEUP
• 23A Scrunchie, e.g. ELASTICHAIRTIE
• 25A “Oh, cruel fate!” POORME
• 26A Autocorrect target TYPO
• 27A Classification KIND
• 28A Sports franchises, e.g. TEAMS
• 30A Fine-grained wood in some woodwind instruments PEAR
• 31A Social norms MORES
• 34A Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison nickname) MENLO
• 35A Disney heroine based on New Orleans chef Leah Chase TIANA
• 36A USA, e.g. CHANNEL
• 39A Title for William beginning in 2022 PRINCEOFWALES
• 42A Hawk homes AERIES
• 43A In view SEEN
• 44A Money in rock ?n’ roll EDDIE
• 45A Nonprofit group behind Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog THEADCOUNCIL
• 48A Patron of sailors STELMO
• 52A Work with a needle SEW
• 53A Position in basketball GUARD
• 54A ___ Kippur YOM
• 57A Looks through someone’s phone, say SNOOPS
• 59A Pointers for a fencer? EPEES
• 61A Slacken EASEUP
• 64A [Bo-o-oring!] SNORE
• 65A Pop, to a tot DADA
• 67A Explicit command DIRECTORDER
• 71A One-named singer with four Grammys ENYA
• 72A Relative of a heron STORK
• 74A Sirenlike SHRILL
• 75A What a sad person might break into TEARS
• 77A 1987 Dreyfuss/DeVito comedy TINMEN
• 79A “!!!” OMG
• 80A Philosopher Kierkegaard SOREN
• 82A Dig up dirt? HOE
• 85A It typically has a string attached TEABAG
• 87A Bright shade similar to magenta SHOCKINGPINK
• 91A “Things Fall ___” (Chinua Achebe novel) APART
• 94A “Oh, cruel fate!” ALAS
• 95A Canadian coin featuring a polar bear, informally TOONIE
• 96A Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologist LIFEBEFOREMAN
• 101A Weasel relatives FERRETS
• 102A A water molecule contains three of these ATOMS
• 103A Vexillologist’s subject FLAGS
• 104A Stone measure CARAT
• 105A Explorer with her monkey friend Boots DORA
• 106A Bud of baseball SELIG
• 107A What Excedrin relieves PAIN
• 109A Strawberry ___ Refresher (Starbucks drink) ACAI
• 113A Stir up INCITE
• 115A Hit reality TV series suggested by this puzzle’s groups of circled letters UNDERCOVERBOSS
• 119A Place for a shoelace EYELET
• 120A Manning with two Super Bowl rings PEYTON
• 121A “You can count on me!” IMALLIN
• 122A Talks back to SASSES
• 123A Witherspoon of “Legally Blonde” REESE
• 124A Patronized, as a restaurant DINEDAT

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Words on either side of “___ is ___” ABET
• 2D Bank (on) RELY
• 3D Sting operation TRAP
• 4D Trouble with Z’s? INSOMNIA
• 5D Take a load off SIT
• 6D Singer DiFranco who created Righteous Babe Records ANI
• 7D Small change NICKEL
• 8D Tilt LEAN
• 9D Werewolf on TV’s “Wednesday” ENID
• 10D Slip up ERR
• 11D Wee mewer KITTEN
• 12D Prestigious academic journal since 1880 SCIENCE
• 13D Résumé problems, at times GAPS
• 14D 365 días ANO
• 15D More ideal? UTOPIA
• 16D Trix or Kix CEREAL
• 17D ___ society HUMANE
• 18D Performances at Paris’s Palais Garnier OPERAS
• 21D Well again HEALED
• 24D Quick hellos HIS
• 29D Vibes MOODS
• 32D Jumpy ONEDGE
• 33D What many a shelter animal hopes to be RESCUED
• 34D BMW offering since 2000 MINI
• 35D Many boy band fans TWEENS
• 36D 2019 film that one reviewer called “purr-fectly dreadful” CATS
• 37D Villainous chortle HEHE
• 38D “Can I go now?” AREWEDONE
• 39D Await settlement, as a payment PEND
• 40D Partner of Parks, informally REC
• 41D Goes well with FITS
• 43D California’s Big ___ SUR
• 46D Band with the 1995 hit “Wonderwall” OASIS
• 47D Clorox competitor LYSOL
• 49D Individualist LONER
• 50D Drink from a tub? MOONSHINE
• 51D Concert broadcast that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, with “the” OPRY
• 55D The Who’s “Love, Reign ___ Me” OER
• 56D Makeup of some face masks MUD
• 58D Vast amount SEA
• 60D Italian city known for its cheese PARMA
• 61D Vapes ECIGS
• 62D Georgia airport, for short ATL
• 63D ___ dish PETRI
• 65D Annual reason for lost sleep: Abbr. DST
• 66D Fighting ATIT
• 68D Pi follower RHO
• 69D “Uhh ?,” to Brits ERM
• 70D Come back in REENTER
• 73D Alternatives to gyro platters KEBABS
• 76D Variety of rabbit or goat ANGORA
• 78D What a tall collar covers NAPE
• 80D Read quickly SCAN
• 81D Gives the green light OKS
• 83D “I’ve got this” ONIT
• 84D Barely scrapes (by) EKES
• 86D Social blunder GAFFE
• 88D Amateur radio devotees HAMS
• 89D Greeting in Brazil OLA
• 90D Easily moved PORTABLE
• 92D Arrive by car ROLLUP
• 93D Gym staff member TRAINER
• 96D Set of nine dancing in “The 12 Days of Christmas” LADIES
• 97D 2017 figure skating biopic ITONYA
• 98D Compels FORCES
• 99D Things that typically build up during vacation EMAILS
• 100D Easter purchase EGGDYE
• 101D Social media tribute to a celeb, say FANVID
• 104D Tech company exec CIO
• 106D Hollywood workplaces SETS
• 107D Major-leaguers PROS
• 108D Something hard to face? ACNE
• 110D Small bug? COLD
• 111D ___ Minor ASIA
• 112D Stevie Wonder’s “___ She Lovely” ISNT
• 114D Vex, with “off” TEE
• 116D Summer on the Riviera ETE
• 117D Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records EMI
• 118D Led RAN