Extrawurst
Released 2026.02.22, a hard crossword puzzle
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Crossword
FEATURED CLUES | 62-across: “____ Extrawurst haben,” German idiom about getting special treatment
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The Commons
CLUE: Rice on shelves (4) — 🖋️David Steinberg
⬇️ Answer below
The Commons is a guessing game of common/short answers or “crosswordese” used in puzzles.
Cryptick
CLUE: Abby maneuvered into a tiny thing (4)
CLUE: The second four ushers hold a bit of pain for a bit of rain (6)
⬇️ Answers below
Cryptick is a Crosswoods hat-tip to cryptic crosswords. Here’s a good explainer on them.
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Answers
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The Commons
Anne
Cryptick
Baby
Shower
Puzzle clues
1-Across: Rewrite the news, say
5-Across: Talents
10-Across: An arm or a leg
14-Across: Fall
15-Across: Dazzling display
16-Across: Haydn’s “Scena di Berenice”, for example
17-Across: “Here’s looking at you” kid
18-Across: Zora ____ Hurston of The Harlem Renaissance
19-Across: With “up,” hand over reluctantly
20-Across: You take some to lose some
23-Across: ____ neighbors are Latvia and Russia
24-Across: North and south, but not east and west
25-Across: Green indication on chat apps, in short
26-Across: Plumber’s stream, on packaging
27-Across: Son’s opp., in geneology
29-Across: Show with asterisk stylization
33-Across: Its female equivalent is the Gold Award
36-Across: Condition of high fluid retention in the body
38-Across: One with a 4/15 deadline
39-Across: Determine with reason (adding a ‘d’ to the beginning makes a word that means the same thing)
40-Across: “______ Future King” (Tales of King Arthur)
43-Across: Now walk it out
44-Across: Knight address, var.
45-Across: Your, plurally, in Plasencia
46-Across: Greek “fountain”
48-Across: Fix a stitch
50-Across: Cadillac’s cadillac, in pop culture
55-Across: Impossible feats?
57-Across: CEO contact
58-Across: Ran at a leisurely pace
59-Across: Emilio Estevez or Molly Ringwald, according to a New York magazine article
60-Across: Roof feature of some Corvettes
61-Across: Arm-y supports
62-Across: “___ Extrawurst haben,” German idiom about getting special treatment
63-Across: Sweets
64-Across: Marketplaces in the Middle East
65-Across: Venom from a 59-across
1-Down: Rarity at first base
2-Down: Metro stop?
3-Down: Gets ready to run, in a way
4-Down: Cool beans
5-Down: Welcome word for an appraisal
6-Down: Fortresses in snowy kingdoms
7-Down: Backs of safari hats
8-Down: Truth-stretching
9-Down: How to find your way back to the church
10-Down: Home for a politician’s flag
11-Down: Resolved
12-Down: Topping for some lamb dishes
13-Down: Leaves best not eaten
21-Down: Powder, commercially
22-Down: Rocket J. Squirrel’s best friend
26-Down: Carne asada cut
28-Down: Miners sch. in the Lone Star State
29-Down: Swingers in NY
30-Down: Sticks on
31-Down: Come around, as it were
32-Down: Insurance offering, abbr.
34-Down: Uni conferral
35-Down: Some mix mediums
37-Down: Poker giveaways
41-Down: Low sort of clouds
42-Down: Makes a call
47-Down: It goes brrrrat brrrrat
49-Down: Safe connection indicator, online
50-Down: Channel for college games
51-Down: Greases for grease monkeys
52-Down: Open areas, emphasis on the ‘air’
53-Down: Those making lists for those with a great 34-down
54-Down: Park popular in Colorado
55-Down: Wordnik’s avoidance, maybe
56-Down: Tie in the Lone Star State