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Each day, the USA Today Crossword offers a fun and challenging puzzle to test your vocabulary and thinking skills. If you’re stuck on today’s February 14, 2026 crossword, don’t worry! Below, you’ll find helpful clues and answers to guide you through. Whether it’s a tricky phrase or a familiar name, our friendly hints make solving easier and more enjoyable. Love puzzles? Make sure to check back daily for fresh hints and answers to keep your solving streak going strong. Happy puzzling!

Across

• 1A Person enjoying a romance novel, perhaps: READER
• 7A It’s steeped in tradition?: TEA BAG
• 13A Guarantees: ASSURES
• 15A Narrow fissure: CREVICE
• 16A What it might feel like when you meet the love of your life: DESTINY
• 17A Infused with bubbles: AERATED
• 18A “Really looking forward to it!”: I CANT WAIT
• 20A Make it official, say: WED
• 22A “She’s everything. ___ just Ken”: HES
• 23A “I ___ the best time with you”: HAD
• 24A Take badly?: STEAL
• 26A Youngest woman to serve in Congress (Abbr.): AOC
• 27A Medical pro who aptly rhymes with “pet”: VET
• 29A First-aid procedure…: CPR
• 30A Chess or Board Game Arena rating system: ELO
• 31A Abound: TEEM
• 33A “To love another person ___ see the face of God”: IS TO
• 34A “Como ___?”: ESTA
• 36A Info obtained by a spy: INTEL
• 37A “___ Odyssey”: DOCTORS
• 39A Crocs’ cousins: GATORS
• 40A Like farm life: RURAL
• 42A Big striped cat: TIGER
• 43A “There’s no one I could love more”: YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
• 48A Otherwise: ELSE
• 49A A 52-Across one has places for six items: SEDER PLATE
• 50A Not far: NEAR
• 51A One form of neurodiversity: AUTISM
• 52A Passover ritual during which maror is eaten: SEDER
• 53D Nine-digit IDS: SSNS

Down

• 1D Taylor Swift album with “Everything Has Changed”: RED
• 2D Opposite of WSW: ENE
• 3D Donkey: ASS
• 4D Work responsibilities: DUTIES
• 5D Voice actor Mendez: ALEXA
• 6D Kidney-related: RENAL
• 7D Tire pattern: TREAD
• 8D Goosebumps-inducing: EERIE
• 9D Online likeness: AVATAR
• 10D Sank one’s teeth into: BIT
• 11D Blackjack table card: ACE
• 12D H.S. diploma alternative: GED
• 14D Instrument featured heavily in Yazoo’s “Only You”: SYNTH
• 15D Sounded like a crow: CAWED
• 19D Theresa ___ S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.: WAYMAN
• 20D Someone you might carry a torch for: OLD FLAME
• 21D They just might start in the DMs: E-ROMANCES
• 22D “Fingers crossed!”: HOPE SO
• 25D Singer with a strong chest voice: BELTER
• 26D Performed in “Imagine Me & You”: ACTED
• 28D Screwdrivers, etc.: TOOLS
• 32D Got wiser, perhaps: AGED
• 33D Some summer employees: INTERNS
• 35D Achy: SORE
• 36D “Aladdin” parrot: IAGO
• 38D Accessibility features for wheelchairs: RAMPS
• 39D “The ___” (Chappell Roan song): GATE
• 41D Kid-lit crocodile: LYLE
• 42D London art museum: TATE
• 43D “Mmhmm”: YES
• 44D From way back: OLD
• 45D It’s cool when it’s hot: FAN
• 46D Light brown: TAN
• 47D Hosp. areas: ERS