Free Printable Crossword Puzzle #1

This is the Daily Crossword Puzzle #1 for Feb 20, 2026
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Across
  • 1. Hash house
  • 6. ___ Khan (Var.)
  • 10. Hee and haw
  • 14. Really go for
  • 15. Rule of thumb
  • 17. Country card game
  • 19. Gin flavoring
  • 20. Catch-all category (Abbr.)
  • 21. His and her
  • 22. Give the thumbs-down to
  • 23. Hockey great Bobby
  • 25. Allergic reactions, maybe
  • 29. What makes a lifesaver float
  • 34. Standing ovation, e.g.
  • 35. Boxers
  • 36. World septet
  • 37. Game of jumping marbles
  • 40. Prom-goer, usually
  • 41. Indelible and invisible
  • 42. Inflation protection
  • 43. Ariel Sharon and Golda Meir
  • 45. "While the Billy Boils" author Henry
  • 46. Fall into decay
  • 47. It's evergreen
  • 48. Linkage
  • 52. Cork's place
  • 54. Aphid, to a gardener
  • 58. Ultimate game of risk
  • 61. Distinctions
  • 62. Mortise go-with
  • 63. Took off
  • 64. Kind of pilot
  • 65. Neither wins nor loses
Puzzle Grid
Down
  • 1. Applies with a Q-tip
  • 2. "Rebel Yell" rocker Billy
  • 3. ___ contendere
  • 4. It's due north of Pittsburgh
  • 5. Parsonage personage, for short
  • 6. Over
  • 7. Water and cap
  • 8. Breathes spasmodically (Var.)
  • 9. Toothpaste-approving org.
  • 10. Not so great
  • 11. Lose a lap
  • 12. Aircraft beginning
  • 13. Fiscal period
  • 16. Spreadsheet jotting
  • 18. "___ helpless as a kitten up a tree ..."
  • 22. With 24-Down, performer with many hits
  • 24. See 22-Down
  • 25. Straight muscles
  • 26. Regrets working out
  • 27. More cunning
  • 28. Barbera's partner
  • 29. Milwaukee hoopsters
  • 30. Like a poorly hung picture
  • 31. Doesn't just want
  • 32. Hold items
  • 33. City between Dortmund and Duisburg
  • 35. It may lead to atonement
  • 38. Farmland sight
  • 39. Burn a bit
  • 44. Bert's pal
  • 45. In ___ of (replacing)
  • 47. Ice crystals
  • 48. Coxswain's men
  • 49. Cronyn of "Cocoon"
  • 50. X ___ xylophone
  • 51. It's between money and everything
  • 53. Hot tempers
  • 54. Jury member
  • 55. Sicilian spewer
  • 56. Cram into the overhead compartment
  • 57. Change for a C-note, maybe
  • 59. Flik of "A Bug's Life," e.g.
  • 60. Inc., overseas