LA Times Crossword Answers February 18 2026
LA Times Crossword February 18 2026 Answers
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"__ Secretary": Téa Leoni drama
MADAM
6A
Sound effect made with coconut shells
CLOP
10A
Toy with a tail
KITE
14A
Horace composition
EPODE
15A
"Houdini" singer Dua
LIPA
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2017 Tony winner "Come From __"
AWAY
17A
"... and anything else that might come up"
ORWHATEVER
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Hon
BABE
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"Second oboe, play the right notes this time!," e.g.
WINDDIRECTION
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Sneaky
SLY
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Blood
KIN
24A
Ashram figure
MONK
26A
"Sing your solo correctly for once!," e.g.
VOICECOMMAND
31A
"Gnossiennes" composer
SATIE
34A
Take a chance
DARE
35A
Online marketing strategy, for short
SEO
36A
Count in the cereal aisle
CHOCULA
39A
"Girl With a Pearl Earring" painter
VERMEER
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__ Lingus
AER
42A
Invalidate
VOID
44A
Like a dive bar
SEEDY
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"Perform the music as written! No sharps or flats!," e.g.
NATURALORDER
49A
Lavish love (on)
DOTE
50A
Graphic opening?
GEO
51A
Check out
VET
54A
"You must!," or how a demanding conductor would interpret 20-, 26-, and 45-Across
ITSIMPERATIVE
59A
Coil in a garden
HOSE
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Worker who tracks transactions
BOOKKEEPER
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The America's Cup, for one
EWER
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Sea eagle
ERNE
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Signals from space, perhaps
OMENS
65A
Dumpster fire
MESS
66A
Mary __ Lincoln
TODD
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Hospital employee
NURSE
1D
Feline chorus
MEOWS
2D
National Scrabble Day month
APRIL
3D
Soft and fluffy
DOWNY
4D
Med. condition treated with Ritalin
ADHD
5D
Medieval fair quaff
MEAD
6D
Healing character class in D&D
CLERIC
7D
Pepped (up)
LIVENED
8D
Gp. founded in Baghdad
OPEC
9D
Hair line?
PART
10D
Explosive sound
KABOOM
11D
"Lemme look!"
IWANNASEE
12D
Open page on a web browser
TAB
13D
Cornea locale
EYE
18D
Polynesian carving
TIKI
21D
Plunge into liquid
IMMERSE
25D
Gave a leg up to?
KNEED
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The Old __: London venue
VIC
27D
Bodies of work
OEUVRES
28D
CLE player
CAV
29D
Mine deposit
ORE
30D
Flat-bottomed fishing boat
DORY
31D
Airport security check
SCAN
32D
Up, in a way
AHEAD
33D
Giant Galápagos natives
TORTOISES
37D
Hawaiian for "long"
LOA
38D
Feel bad
AIL
40D
Large body of eau
MER
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Backyard feature for a water-loving pup
DOGPOND
46D
Says out loud
UTTERS
47D
Stunk
REEKED
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"How To __ Your Diary": interactive edition in a YA series
DORK
51D
Bygone Dodge two-seater
VIPER
52D
Levels
EVENS
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Hardly rambling
TERSE
55D
Skeptical scoff
IBET
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__ reflex: infant's instinctive protective response
MORO
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Millennia upon millennia
AEON
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Online discount marketplace
TEMU
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Haw counterpart
HEM
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Be outstanding
OWE
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