Midi Crossword 05/21/2026. Over thirty-one clues were solved by us and displayed below, please check them out to solve your hard clues.
The New York Times MIdi puzzles are, as the name suggests, medium crossword puzzles. Suitable for those for whom the Main is too complex and the Mini is too easy. The middle puzzle is the perfect balance for those looking for time passer game not too hard not to easy.
Across →
- 1a Shape of a poker chip or tiddlywinkDISK
- 5a Feminine family nicknameSIS
- 8a Folk singer GuthrieARLO
- 9a “I ___ What You Did Last Summer” (2025 film)KNOW
- 10a State whose official cuisine is gumboLOUISIANA
- 12a Liverpool’s land: Abbr.ENG
- 13a Surprising plot developmentTWIST
- 14a Swing one’s limbs around erraticallyFLAIL
- 16a “Nice one!”SWEET
- 18a Mediocre, in Gen Z slangMID
- 21a Saxophone-playing daughter on “The Simpsons”LISA
- 22a Fast-swimming sharkMAKO
- 23a Chooses (to)OPTS
- 24a “A Room With a ___”VIEW
- 25a Toward sunsetWEST
- 26a BlueprintPLAN
Down ↓
- 1d Racer ___ Earnhardt Jr.DALE
- 2d Mass-produced metal starting around 1200 B.C.IRON
- 3d Intense, high-scoring baseball gamesSLUGFESTS
- 4d Fish in a Japanese pondKOI
- 5d Postal delivery, colloquiallySNAILMAIL
- 6d Charged particlesIONS
- 7d Whack, as a flySWAT
- 9d Fuzzy fruitKIWI
- 11d Nurse’s “On the double!”STAT
- 15d Most’s oppositeLEAST
- 16d With 20-Down, “Don’t go so fast!” … or how you might describe the shaded squares?SLOW
- 17d Towel (off)WIPE
- 19d Big name in minimalist furnitureIKEA
- 20d See 16-DownDOWN
- 22d Award for Giannis Antetokounmpo in ’19 and ’20MVP