L.A. Times Daily - Feb 19 2026

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Clues Answers
"Espresso" singer SABRINACARPENTER
"Fresh Air" co-host Gross TERRY
"Got it" ISEE
"Holy moly!" EGAD
"I have a good lawyer and I'm not afraid!" SUEME
"Jeopardy!" champion Amodio MATT
"Make it __!" SNAPPY
"Minor Detail" novelist Shibli ADANIA
"Nothing yet!" NONEWS
2024 Korean Air merger partner ASIANA
A pop PER
Aardvark feature SNOUT
Accidentally reveal LETITSLIP
Actress Gasteyer ANA
Admit ALLOWIN
Alter __ EGO
Area ZONE
Astronaut Jemison MAE
Be better than TOP
Citrus fruit LIME
Collectible card protector SLEEVE
Condé __ NAST
Daily spectacle SUNRISE
Devices for watching old home movies VCRS
Do a virtual interview, say EMEET
Educational ad PSA
European range ALPS
Flavor of fermented foods UMAMI
Follower of wisdom or love, in hairstyling LOC
Freelancer's targets OUTLETS
Gave meaning to DEFINED
Given (to) PRONE
He-Man's twin SHERA
High-five sound SLAP
In medias __ RES
Indigenous people of North Carolina ENO
Infield call SAFE
Item in an Ikea kit SCREW
Kendrick Lamar's Grand National Tour co-headliner SZA
Clues Answers
Knight rider's companions? STEEDS
Like some accents ACUTE
Lore TALES
Mammal with a saddle patch ORCA
Metaphor for something with positive and negative consequences, or what 18-, 30-, and 49-Across literally are? DOUBLEEDGEDSWORD
Mississippi formation DELTA
More haunted EERIER
NorCal hub SFO
One of many in Indonesia's Kepulauan Seribu ISLET
Orange skin PEEL
Pachakamaq worshippers INCA
Part of the water cycle RAIN
Payment method DEBITCARD
Pet adoption that wasn't planned FOSTERFAIL
Printing gaffe ERRATUM
Product of a redox reaction ION
Puts together ADDS
Quick look GLANCE
Secure, as a boat MOOR
Shipper with brown trucks UPS
Sneak (around) TIPTOE
Something to shoot for PAR
Start to fix? PRE
Starter home? EDEN
Step on a ladder RUNG
Stood up to, say FACED
Taking time off from school? CUTTINGCLASS
Taquería drink AGUA
Tea in masala chai, perhaps ASSAM
Tibet's capital LHASA
Tranquil SEDATE
Tub with jets SPA
Understands GETS
Warm AFFABLE
Was in charge LED
Wedding exchanges IDOS
Wee ITTY
Whichever ANY
Wood used by luthiers ALDER