LA Times Daily Crossword February 18, 2026 Answers

1. "__ Secretary": Téa Leoni drama 6. Sound effect made with coconut shells 10. Toy with a tail 14. Horace composition 15. "Houdini" singer Dua 16. 2017 Tony winner "Come From __" 17. "... and anything else that might come up" 19. Hon 20. "Second oboe, play the right notes this time!," e.g. 22. Sneaky 23. Blood 24. Ashram figure 26. "Sing your solo correctly for once!," e.g. 31. "Gnossiennes" composer 34. Take a chance 35. Online marketing strategy, for short 36. Count in the cereal aisle 39. "Girl With a Pearl Earring" painter 41. __ Lingus 42. Invalidate 44. Like a dive bar 45. "Perform the music as written! No sharps or flats!," e.g. 49. Lavish love (on) 50. Graphic opening? 51. Check out 54. "You must!," or how a demanding conductor would interpret 20-, 26-, and 45-Across 59. Coil in a garden 61. Worker who tracks transactions 62. The America's Cup, for one 63. Sea eagle 64. Signals from space, perhaps 65. Dumpster fire 66. Mary __ Lincoln 67. Hospital employee

1. Feline chorus 2. National Scrabble Day month 3. Soft and fluffy 4. Med. condition treated with Ritalin 5. Medieval fair quaff 6. Healing character class in D&D 7. Pepped (up) 8. Gp. founded in Baghdad 9. Hair line? 10. Explosive sound 11. "Lemme look!" 12. Open page on a web browser 13. Cornea locale 18. Polynesian carving 21. Plunge into liquid 25. Gave a leg up to? 26. The Old __: London venue 27. Bodies of work 28. CLE player 29. Mine deposit 30. Flat-bottomed fishing boat 31. Airport security check 32. Up, in a way 33. Giant Galápagos natives 37. Hawaiian for "long" 38. Feel bad 40. Large body of eau 43. Backyard feature for a water-loving pup 46. Says out loud 47. Stunk 48. "How To __ Your Diary": interactive edition in a YA series 51. Bygone Dodge two-seater 52. Levels 53. Hardly rambling 55. Skeptical scoff 56. __ reflex: infant's instinctive protective response 57. Millennia upon millennia 58. Online discount marketplace 59. Haw counterpart 60. Be outstanding