The NY Times Mini Crossword February 7, 2026 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Quick searchAcross
- 1 Lock lips KISS
- 5 Italian author of “Inferno,” “Purgatorio” and “Paradiso” DANTE
- 6 Cerebral ___ (part of the brain) CORTEX
- 7 Leave home with a stuffed pillowcase as luggage, perhaps RUNAWAY
- 8 “No more for me, thanks” IMGOOD
- 9 Fancy fabrics SILKS
- 10 Leg joint KNEE
Down
- 1 Bars sung in a bar KARAOKE
- 2 How the animals boarded Noah’s Ark INTWOS
- 3 Stand in good ___ STEAD
- 4 Smokin’ hot SEXY
- 5 Computer attachment DONGLE
- 6 Yotam Ottolenghi called it “the one spice I could never give up” CUMIN
- 7 Hazard RISK
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