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Daily Crossword Puzzle #3 for Fri, Feb 20, 2026

ACROSS
1. "Silly old bear"
5. Compass dir.
8. Plant excrement
11. Johnson of "Laugh-In"
12. Snakelike fish
14. The first octave above the treble staff
15. Brizilian seaport
17. Baby powder
18. Type of rug
19. Had an oblique or slanted direction
21. Of or pertaining to medicine
23. Teat (slang)
25. Norwegian king
26. At sea
27. Keyboard key
28. Pacific Standard Time (abbr.)
31. Forbid
33. Medical imaging device (abbr.)
35. Turtle shell scale
37. Chow _
38. Lubricate
40. Actor Alda or Thicke
41. Tree or shrub in the Birch family
43. Electrically charged atom
45. Elected rep.
46. Actress Charlotte
47. Oval reproductive body of a fowl
50. Evade
52. "Two Mules for Sister ____"
53. Binary compound
54. Nomad
56. Eats (away)
61. Many (prefix)
62. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ferber
65. Barter
66. Had dinner
67. Peachy ____!
68. Operatic vocal solo
69. Tired old horse
70. Allow head to fall sleepily
71. Puts into a specified state

DOWN
1. Zero-star reviews
2. Spoken
3. Von Bismarck
4. Pile
5. Fish or hair follower
6. Teachers' org.
7. American author Paul (1891-1958)
8. Indian skirt
9. Actor Baldwin
10. Parent Teacher Association (abbr.)
13. Any of the three canals of the cochlea
16. Allows
18. Sandy's bark
20. South Vietnam president (1954)
22. Bar bills
24. Edible starchy tuberous root
26. Singer Murray
28. Whine
29. Comedian Laurel of Laurel & Hardy
30. "___ Little Indians"
31. Actor Lugosi
32. Assistant
34. One more than two
36. Keg
37. Spoil
39. Farming town in central California
42. 480, 500 or 516 sheets of paper
44. Naked
48. Of Greece
49. Place where plants grow
51. An absolute certainty
52. Declare
54. Roll call or roster of names
55. Cassini of fashion
57. Mouths or openings
58. Have the gumption
59. Prepare for publication
60. Oceans
61. Baking dish
63. Modern: prefix
64. Plus