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Thomas Joseph Crossword February 16, 2026 Answers

Complete clue list for the February 16, 2026 edition — click any clue to reveal its answer

Date

February 16, 2026

Across

Down

Total Clues

Across (26)

1 Fronts of ships View answer
6 Vitality View answer
10 Put a cap on View answer
11 Some golf clubs View answer
13 Banded quartz View answer
14 Make extremely dry View answer
15 Sine qua -- View answer
16 Drake’s music View answer
18 Inventor Whitney View answer
19 Beach Boys legend View answer
22 “Very funny!” online View answer
23 Move slowly View answer
24 Room sides View answer
27 Not so many View answer
28 Huron neighbor View answer
29 Knight’s title View answer
30 “It’s a Heartache” singer View answer
35 Cow’s chew View answer
36 Possess View answer
37 Count start View answer
38 Useful skill View answer
40 Omit phonetically View answer
42 Comedian Anne View answer
43 Fathered View answer
44 Coloring agents View answer
45 Run-down View answer

Down (24)

1 Fallback strategy View answer
2 Strictness View answer
3 Muscat native View answer
4 Humor View answer
5 Cans under catering dishes View answer
6 Painter Fra Filippo -- View answer
7 Lyricist Gershwin View answer
8 Predicted View answer
9 Surround View answer
12 Black eye View answer
17 Cobbler’s tool View answer
20 Patriot Ethan View answer
21 Distrustful View answer
24 Video chat need View answer
25 Awakened View answer
26 Lohan of “Freaky Friday” View answer
27 Gym goal View answer
29 Attach a patch View answer
31 Smidgens View answer
32 River of France View answer
33 Concluded View answer
34 Frail View answer
39 Before, in poems View answer
41 Tell tales View answer

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About the February 16, 2026 Thomas Joseph Crossword

This page lists every Across and Down clue from the Thomas Joseph Crossword puzzle published on February 16, 2026. The puzzle contains 50 total clues, made up of 26 Across entries and 24 Down entries.

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About the Thomas Joseph Crossword

The Thomas Joseph Crossword is a daily American crossword distributed by King Features Syndicate. It runs in over a hundred newspapers and on a number of online puzzle platforms. Compared with bigger 15×15 weekday puzzles, the Thomas Joseph is more compact — usually an 11×13 grid — with friendlier clues, shorter answers and a consistent voice from day to day. Most regular solvers finish a Thomas Joseph in well under fifteen minutes.