Daily Crossword Answers USA Today - February 23, 2026

across

• Chicago slugger Crossword Clue

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  CUB

• Total fake Crossword Clue

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  SHAM

• Show that might have a laugh track Crossword Clue

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  SITCOM

• Genetic messenger Crossword Clue

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  RNA

• Saga Crossword Clue

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  TALE

• Event with floats Crossword Clue

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  PARADE

• Make a selection Crossword Clue

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  OPT

• Desertlike Crossword Clue

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  ARID

• Brings together Crossword Clue

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  UNITES

• Person being pulled behind a boat Crossword Clue

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  WATERSKIER

• Lively party Crossword Clue

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  BASH

• Matzo ball soup herb Crossword Clue

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  DILL

• "___ of the Moment" ('80s rock anthem) Crossword Clue

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  HEAT

• Restaurant suggestion, for short Crossword Clue

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  REC

• Place to buy smoked salmon Crossword Clue

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  DELI

• Shade Crossword Clue

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  HUE

• Repellant brand Crossword Clue

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  OFF

• Doc who may tell you to "say ah" Crossword Clue

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  ENT

• Hangs, like a trapeze Crossword Clue

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  RIGS

• Sound from a cow Crossword Clue

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  MOO

• Junko Tabei or Tenzing Norgay, e.g Crossword Clue

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  MOUNTAINCLIMBER

• Hosp. areas Crossword Clue

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  ORS

• Liquors in grogs Crossword Clue

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  RUMS

• ___ B. Wells (civil rights leader) Crossword Clue

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  IDA

• Slender-grained aromatic rice Crossword Clue

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  BASMATI

• Prepares for publication Crossword Clue

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  EDITS

• CD-___ Crossword Clue

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  ROM

• Bit of candy in a Gummy Cluster Crossword Clue

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  NERD

• "M3GAN" actress Donald Crossword Clue

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  AMIE

• Thrill seeker who securely leaps from a high platform Crossword Clue

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  BUNGEEJUMPER

• Behold Crossword Clue

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  ADMIRE

• Hoarse voice Crossword Clue

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  RASP

• Name that means "lion" in Hebrew Crossword Clue

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  ARI

• Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2, e.g Crossword Clue

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  OUTLAW

• Carded Crossword Clue

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  IDED

• Pro whistle blower Crossword Clue

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  REF

• Elevators connect them Crossword Clue

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  LEVELS

• This, in Spanish Crossword Clue

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  ESTO

• NFL scores Crossword Clue

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  TDS