14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES CROSSWORD International Network of Street Papers FEBRUARY 20, 2026 ACROSS 1. Gulf war missile 5. ___ moss 9. "La Vie en Rose" singer 13. A step up from a cigarillo 15. "And there you are!" 16. Where one might dock their boat in Alaska? 17. Homeric epic 18. Sub-field of sociolinguistics dealing in regional differences 20. Clairvoyance, e.g. 21. If you're fishing for this, you may be in for a shock! 22. Small songbirds 26. Cooking meas. 28. Come together 29. When tripled, a Portland taqueria 30. What one might get at night school 35. Met offering 36. Always, in verse 37. Christmas songs 38. Antiestablishment movement 41. ___ de Triomphe 42. "Do or do not. There is no ___": Yoda 43. "___ the fields we go" 44. Cordwood units 46. Boar's mate 48. Ground cover 51. Relating to the formation of speech sounds 55. Austrian composer 58. Barcelona's locale 59. Bread spreads 60. Kind of agreement 61. Agenda 62. Geek 63. Congers DOWN 1. Digger 2. ___ Major, home of Sirius 3. Open, as a bottle 4. Author Roald 5. Mental impression 6. Carry away, in a way 7. Star in Perseus 8. Old Chinese money 9. Coral colony member 10. Square root of IX 11. ___ mode 12. Beanie Babies, e.g. 14. Little piggy 15. Batman, for one 19. Crude group? 23. Less cordial 24. Oar pin 25. Without (Fr.) 26. Go bad 27. Untidy women 28. Expert 30. To the left, at sea 31. Wild card, often 32. Mysterious (Var.) 33. Calendar abbr. 34. ___ de force 35. Edible tubers 39. At one time, at one time 40. Area at risk of flooding 45. Locally feared noble gas 46. Suffix with sea or moon 47. Exterior 48. Weather balloon, for one 49. Bay window 50. Twosomes 52. Cultural figure 53. A pint, maybe 54. Strengthen, with "up" 55. A bunny's favorite scotch? 56. "Is that ___?" ("Anything else?") 57. Assent PUZZLE SOLUTIONS February 6, 2026 edition
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