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Thomas Joseph Crossword February 20, 2026 Answers
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1Wasn’t thrifty5 letters6Winter gliders5 letters11Batter’s low hit5 letters12Screen dot5 letters13Bisected5 letters14Superior group5 letters15Lot sight3 letters16Luau instrument3 letters18Course need3 letters19Pilot’s guess: Abbr.3 letters20Spot to jot3 letters21Believer’s suffix3 letters22Hula and hora6 letters24Wee workers4 letters25Leave the poker game7 letters27Multicolored4 letters29Cope6 letters32Had supper3 letters33Set ablaze3 letters34Bird of myth3 letters35Indulgent3 letters36Ball3 letters37Horse healer3 letters38Texas mission5 letters40Job reward5 letters42Shakespeare’s Athenian5 letters43Deal maker5 letters44Moves cautiously5 letters45Small salamanders5 letters
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1Like most bread6 letters2Target at a party6 letters3College admission hurdles13 letters4Fresh3 letters5Acting companies7 letters6Alacrity5 letters7Rap’s -- Nas X3 letters8Meeting when leaving the company13 letters9Loathe6 letters10Winter showers6 letters17Disputed Asian region7 letters23Scoundrel3 letters24Diving bird3 letters26Muffin makeup7 letters27Sense of taste6 letters28Napoli’s nation6 letters30Fails to6 letters31Quartets doubled6 letters33Diving birds5 letters39Homer’s bartending pal3 letters41Period3 letters