2/17/26
TV Tuesday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Landscaper’s turf
SOD
4A
Fruit in a chewy Nabisco cookie
FIG
7A
Use a machine to cut grass
MOW
10A
French agreement
OUI
11A
Very, very small
TINY
12A
Pennsylvania ___ (Washington thoroughfare): Abbr.
AVE
13A
“True Blood” actor who joins the cast of “The Night Agent” in season 3: 2 wds.
STEPHANMOYER
16A
“Ore” soundalike
OAR
17A
“___ With the Wind”
GONE
18A
With 34-Across, “House” actress who joins the cast of “The Night Agent” in season 3
JENNIFER
22A
___ sanitizer
HAND
23A
Word meaning “schedule” that’s hidden in the name “Häagen-Dazs”
AGENDA
27A
“Me ___ my big mouth!”
AND
28A
Hairstyle with lots of volume
AFRO
30A
“___ the fields we go …” (“Jingle Bells” lyric)
O’ER
31A
Spanish conquistador Hernando: 2 wds.
DESOTO
33A
“Unexpected ___ in bagging area”
ITEM
34A
See 18-Across
MORRISON
37A
Where Vietnam is
ASIA
40A
Non-earthlings: Abbr.
ETS
41A
“Hillbilly Elegy” actor who plays the lead on “The Night Agent”: 2 wds.
GABRIELBASSO
47A
Poetic tribute
ODE
48A
Move from side to side
SWAY
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Dog that’s not fully grown
PUP
50A
“Let’s ___ this show on the road!”
GET
51A
“Yo! Heads up!”
HEY
52A
Until now
YET
1D
“Mayday!”
SOS
2D
The “O” of “KO,” in boxing
OUT
3D
“___ Another Day” (James Bond movie)
DIE
4D
Food Network star Guy
FIERI
5D
Holiday ___ (hotel chain)
INN
6D
Place to work with a personal trainer
GYM
7D
Hellmann’s product, for short
MAYO
8D
Appliance seen on “Chopped” and “Iron Chef”
OVEN
9D
Used to be
WERE
11D
“The pen is mightier ___ the sword”
THAN
14D
Small lake
POND
15D
Menacing monster
OGRE
18D
Actress Fonda, Lynch, or Seymour
JANE
19D
Comes to a close
ENDS
20D
Remote
FAR
21D
Word that can go before “boost” or “trip”
EGO
22D
“___ I but known!”
HAD
24D
“Just say ___ drugs”: 2 wds.
NOTO
25D
Southern chef Paula
DEEN
26D
Handle on a slot machine
ARM
28D
From ___ Z: 2 wds.
ATO
29D
Good-___-nothing
FOR
32D
Singer Apollo or actor Epps
OMAR
33D
“The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” author Rae
ISSA
35D
Race with multiple legs
RELAY
36D
“Missed ___ that much!”: 2 wds.
ITBY
37D
Eagerly excited
AGOG
38D
Singer of the 1985 song “The Sweetest Taboo”
SADE
39D
“Yeah, right!”: 2 wds.
IBET
42D
Suffix that means “sort of”
ISH
43D
Ram’s mate
EWE
44D
Austin Powers, for one
SPY
45D
Try to obtain a court judgment against
SUE
46D
Make a selection
OPT