NYT Crossword Answers Today and Hints for Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Looking for Today's NYT The Crossword Answer for Tuesday, February 3, 2026? Then, this page will be your lifesaver. If you play the NYT Crossword puzzle on a daily basis, then you are very well aware that sometimes it takes a lot of time to guess the correct answer with the help of clues.

Below, you can check the direct answer of every Across or Down clue or use clue hints that gently guide you to solve the puzzle. You can use any approach to reveal the answer or to get more guidance for any clue to finish the puzzle on time.

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NYT Crossword Answers for February 3, 2026

Across

1. Daytona 500 org.

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7. Cloth shopping bags

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12. Advanced to the next round of musical chairs, say

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15. “Their exact words were ?”

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16. Toy company behind Frisbees and Hula Hoops

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17. “Sex and the City” network

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18. Narrow, focused perspective

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20. “___ for one and one for ___!”

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21. E, on a compass

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22. Villain in Shakespeare’s “Othello” and Disney’s “Aladdin”

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23. Assigned a job

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25. Pizzeria fixtures

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27. Blackjack player’s request

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28. Magazine for the small screen since 1953

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31. Parent’s curt response to a kid’s “But why?”

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33. Ballet dancer’s handrail

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34. Unaccompanied

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35. “You can say ___ again!”

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37. Place for a seaweed body wrap

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38. Sign near a freshly applied coat

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42. Number represented by candles on a cake

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43. Toe treatment, in brief

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45. ___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac)

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46. “You win! I give up!”

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48. One might be sworn to it

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50. Golf count

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52. Dog harness attachment

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53. Beyond well-done

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54. Maker of skintight swimwear

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56. Exceptionally good, in Gen Z slang

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57. “Very funny!”

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61. Dallas N.B.A. player, for short

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62. What children should use at the library ? and a literal description of the circled letters in this puzzle

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65. Any number raised to the 0th power

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66. “Say cheese!”

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67. People with custody of things, typically

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68. Toothpaste type

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69. Evil spells

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70. Feel remorse about

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Down

1. Evening, in ads

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2. Blue-green hue

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3. Pair orbited by the fictional planet Tatooine

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4. Use makeup to sculpt and define, as facial features

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5. Had a meal

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6. Depended (on)

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7. Tiny tree branches

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8. Very

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9. Word before chi or after mai

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10. or ;-P

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11. Beethoven’s “Moonlight ___”

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12. Burger chain with custard-based drinks

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13. Ready, willing and ___

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14. Spilled the beans

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19. Rooftop accessory often shaped like a rooster atop an arrow

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24. Salacious material

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26. Oceanfront room feature

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27. Prefix with pad or port

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28. One of eight in a stick of butter: Abbr.

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29. Uses an e-cigarette

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30. Stage of education

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31. Tusked swine

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32. Bird on Mexico’s flag

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34. Fix, at the vet’s

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36. Some concert souvenirs

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39. “Look this way, class”

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40. The “T” in STEM, informally

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41. Go sour, as milk

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44. Slurpee alternative

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47. Potentially suspicious response to “What are you doing?”

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49. Red bit in a salad

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50. “You betcha!”

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51. The ___ Project (mental health organization for LGBTQ+ youth)

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53. ___ one’s time (waits patiently)

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54. Skyline haze

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55. Window section

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56. Submit one’s taxes

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58. Taiwanese PC maker

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59. “Present!”

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60. The “A” in T.A.: Abbr.

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63. Highest roll of a standard die

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64. Have debts

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About NYT Crossword Game

NYT Crossword game is a famous word puzzle game that is posted daily on the New York Times website, physical newspaper, as well as on the mobile app. Where you will get clues from top to bottom and left to right, you need to fill the correct word for every grid one by one to solve the complete puzzle. Mostly, this game is used to improve English vocabulary as well as for brain exercise.

Daily Crossword puzzle resets at 10 PM EST for weekdays as well as Saturday, and for Sunday the puzzle resets at 6 PM EST. If you want to get notification for a new puzzle release, then turn on the push notification in the NYT Game App.

HOW TO PLAY NYT THE CROSSWORD GAME ONLINE??

NYT Crossword game can be played online or offline both. All the subscribers will get the option to play the game online directly in the web browser as well as the mobile NYT Game app. To play offline, you need to get a printed newspaper from New York Times.

Visit the www.nytimes.com/crosswords weblink to play the game online
Download the New York Times Games app for Android or iOS, or find the PLAY option in the NYT App
Printed Newspaper

NYT Crossword Difficulty Level

NYT increases the difficulty level of the game as the week starts to end. Each day the difficulty level of the game is fixed, below you can check weekday-wise difficulty level:

Monday - Easy puzzle
Tuesday - Easy-Medium puzzle
Wednesday - Medium puzzle
Thursday - Hard / Trick Clues puzzle
Friday - Very Hard puzzle
Saturday - Hardest puzzle
Sunday - Largest & Fun Puzzle

Tips: Focus on short word clues (3-4-5 letters) and start with easy day puzzle (Monday) and use clue hints that are published daily on the wordgizmo website.

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