The full solution for the NY Times February 28 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Adam Levav and edited by Will Shortz.
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- 1A Set unambitious goals AIMLOW
- 7A One playing beerball, perhaps FRATBOY
- 14A Tolkien ring bearer SMEAGOL
- 16A Precious person DEARONE
- 17A Phrase you might say while pointing at a photograph THATSME
- 18A Goes against the rule? REVOLTS
- 19A Musical set in Alphabet City RENT
- 20A Term of endearment appropriated from 9-Down BAE
- 22A Part of a Blues Brothers outfit FEDORA
- 23A Animated friend of Sebastian the crab ARIEL
- 25A Some arm muscles, informally TRIS
- 27A Cassiterite is a source of it TIN
- 28A Robert Frost’s middle name LEE
- 29A ___ Allen Express, Amtrak train from New York City to Burlington, Vt. ETHAN
- 31A Innermost moon of Neptune NAIAD
- 33A Pressure gauge? STRESSLEVEL
- 35A Past, colloquially BEFORETIMES
- 36A Symbols used to group blocks of computer code CURLYBRACES
- 37A Was on the sidelines SATBY
- 38A Breathlessness APNEA
- 39A Polynesian staple POI
- 42A Not mainstream, as some music genres ALT
- 43A Fuss FRET
- 44A Weakens, as an overly strong character, in video game lingo NERFS
- 46A Angora fabric MOHAIR
- 49A Utmost NTH
- 51A ___ Tung, star of cable TV’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty” LOLA
- 52A Did a bedtime task BRUSHED
- 54A Modern banking convenience AUTOPAY
- 56A Musical sample added for excitement AIRHORN
- 57A Animals in an early-2000s virtual fad NEOPETS
- 58A Entered again RETYPED
- 59A One might play at home STEREO
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Kind of projection ASTRAL
- 2D Call at a roll call IMHERE
- 3D Big jerk MEANIE
- 4D Drink often sipped LATTE
- 5D Rap pioneers, slangily OGS
- 6D Space to develop as a person? WOMB
- 7D In brief, to whom Grover Cleveland once said “I am making a strange wish for you … that you may never be president of the United States” FDR
- 8D School houses? REEFS
- 9D Dialect that is responsible for a large majority of Gen Z slang AAVE
- 10D Put one’s foot down TROD
- 11D Decorative items worn at Western galas BOLOTIES
- 12D Like defendants at court ONTRIAL
- 13D Principle of improv comedy YESAND
- 15D Gay nightlife spot with a dress requirement LEATHERBAR
- 21D Error correction tool ERASERPEN
- 24D Uncork, so to speak LETFLY
- 26D Body bronzer INSTANTTAN
- 30D ___ Story (punny nickname for the “Iliad”) TROY
- 31D Like the lion killed by Hercules NEMEAN
- 32D Scientific classification for birds AVES
- 33D Tesla, for one SERB
- 34D Affliction treated with a nit comb LICE
- 35D Acting like a sore loser, informally BUTTHURT
- 36D ___ counter CALORIE
- 37D South Indian lentil stew SAMBAR
- 39D Following etiquette PROPER
- 40D Recently OFLATE
- 41D Declaration after “because” ISAYSO
- 43D French relative FRERE
- 45D Skip the ceremony, say ELOPE
- 47D Like some unmoisturized skin ASHY
- 48D Blue-roofed restaurant IHOP
- 50D Coral and sand, for two HUES
- 53D Popular role-playing game since 1974, informally DND
- 55D One whose eyes are “all aglow” in “The Christmas Song” TOT
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