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NYT Midi Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

All 40 clues from the Saturday New York Times Midi crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer.

Constructed by Sid SivakumarEdited by Ian Livengood“Initial Remarks”
ALL CLUES40 CLUES
ACROSS
1AHunchbacked creatures in "The Lord of the Rings"4 lettersSee answer ›5A"Delicious!"3 lettersSee answer ›8A___ 66 (iconic 2,278-mile highway)5 lettersSee answer ›10AClickable greeting in an inbox5 lettersSee answer ›13APull out all the stops5 lettersSee answer ›14AGreen gunk in a fish tank5 lettersSee answer ›15A"Very grateful for your help!"10 lettersSee answer ›17AStudent's stat3 lettersSee answer ›18AExclamation that aptly rhymes with "shriek"3 lettersSee answer ›19A"I'll get this meal"7 lettersSee answer ›22ADay, in Spanish3 lettersSee answer ›24ATimeworn3 lettersSee answer ›25AStatements that lack substance ... or, when read phonetically, a description of the spoken phrases at 15- and 19-Across?9 lettersSee answer ›29AAbsolute ___ (operation represented by |x|)5 lettersSee answer ›30AProngs of a fork or a kalimba5 lettersSee answer ›33ASegment of a movie5 lettersSee answer ›34ARechargeable two-wheeled vehicle5 lettersSee answer ›35AWhere a 33-Across might be filmed3 lettersSee answer ›36ADish like gumbo4 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1DAlternative to .com or .net3 lettersSee answer ›2DHotel unit4 lettersSee answer ›3DBig cigar-exporting nation4 lettersSee answer ›4DUnwilling to spend much6 lettersSee answer ›5D"Uh-huh"4 lettersSee answer ›6DSch. near Hollywood4 lettersSee answer ›7DCalendar holder on a refrigerator6 lettersSee answer ›9DCairo's country5 lettersSee answer ›11DTool for collecting fallen leaves4 lettersSee answer ›12DA student might be assigned one in a classroom4 lettersSee answer ›16DFortuneteller's card deck5 lettersSee answer ›19DTrees that are sources of syrup6 lettersSee answer ›20DMake super happy5 lettersSee answer ›21DLines not in the script6 lettersSee answer ›22DSoftware coders, informally4 lettersSee answer ›23DPowerful Apple computer4 lettersSee answer ›26DSomething to whistle or hum4 lettersSee answer ›27DForcefully throw, in modern lingo4 lettersSee answer ›28DWork with needles and yarn4 lettersSee answer ›31DBarely manage, with "out"3 lettersSee answer ›32DWork with needle and thread3 lettersSee answer ›
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