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February 21, 2026 – Each day, the LA Times Crossword offers a fun and challenging puzzle for solvers of all skill levels. If you’ve hit a tricky clue in today’s puzzle, don’t worry! Below, you’ll find helpful hints and answers to guide you through the February 21, 2026 edition. Whether you’re stuck on an across or a down clue, our answers are here to keep you moving forward without spoiling the whole puzzle. Enjoy the challenge and sharpen your skills daily. Be sure to check back tomorrow for fresh LA Times Crossword hints and solutions!

Across

• 1A “Hold my beer”: WATCH THIS
• 10A __ forest: KELP
• 14A “It’s not up to me”: YOU DECIDE
• 15A Obsession: MANIA
• 16A “Ask away!”: I’M ALL EARS
• 17A Quirkily creative: ARTSY
• 18A Leaves home?: TEA BAG
• 19A Put on board: ENROL
• 20A Board game: LUDO
• 21A Pronoun option: THEY
• 22A Radiation that triggers vitamin D synthesis: UVB
• 23A Lineup of runners?: SLEDS
• 25A Used a prayer rug: KNELT
• 27A Supreme Theban deity: AMUN
• 30A Mexico City’s __ de la Reforma: PASEO
• 33A “Truce?”: WE GOOD
• 35A As soon as: ONCE
• 36A Natl. Merit Scholarship qualifying exams: PSATS
• 37A Dance with a kahiko style: HULA
• 38A Small beard: GOATEE
• 40A Amounts on some bottles: DOSES
• 41A Sportscaster Dick with the catchphrase “Touch ’em all!”: BREMER
• 42A Tilt: LEAN
• 44A “Fare thee well”: ADIEU
• 46A Top suit: ACE
• 47A Toe bean spot: PAW
• 50A Shots after whiffs, say: PROVISOS
• 52A Polish place: NAIL SALON
• 54A [Not again!]: SIGH
• 55A “Wicked” star: ERIVO
• 56A “Count me in!”: I’D BE GLAD TO
• 58A Assumption: GIVEN
• 59A Suit perfectly: BEFIT FINE
• 60A Forward thinker?: SEER
• 61A “Why not both”: AND OR ELSE

Down

• 1D Mover’s concern: WYSIWYG
• 2D “Loch Lomond” preposition: AFORE
• 3D Pianist McCoy who played with the John Coltrane Quartet: TYNER
• 4D Home on an apartment building’s roof, maybe: CABANA
• 5D Carrier base: HULL
• 6D Not quite a teen: TWELVE
• 7D Lives it up: HAS A BALL
• 8D Clear for all to see, so to speak: IN BOLD
• 9D Lid blemishes: STYES
• 10D Handy maneuver?: KARATE CHOP
• 11D “Confidentially … “: ENTRE NOUS
• 12D Lay out: LAND
• 13D Foots: PAYS
• 15D Nice thing to call someone?: MONSIEUR
• 22D Shedding card game: UNO
• 24D Code components: DOTS
• 25D Succumbed to gravity: KNEELED
• 26D Leaflet: TRACT
• 28D Part of a play list?: DRAMATIS
• 29D “Woe is me!”: ALAS
• 30D False front: PSEUDO
• 31D Mystery author, briefly: EBW
• 32D Get tanked on a tropical vacation?: SCUBA DIVE
• 34D People with concerns about trolleys?: ETHICISTS
• 36D Resident of D.C.’s Daniel Webster Hall: SENATOR
• 39D “Orange Is the New Black” setting: PRISON
• 40D Couple: DUO
• 43D Cesta-slung sphere: PELOTA
• 45D Bring together: UNIFY
• 47D Reverence: PIETY
• 48D Concur: AGREE
• 49D Carnival cries: HOWLS
• 50D Policies, for short: PSAS
• 51D Put-in-Bay’s lake: ERIE
• 53D Femme friend: AMIE
• 54D Roe source: SHAD
• 57D 100 runs, for a cricketer: TON