Midi Crossword 08/30/2026. 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 Back talkLIP
- 4a Talks and talks and talksGABS
- 8a Promise of repaymentIOU
- 9a Like throwback fashionRETRO
- 10a Helpful guide for sightseersSTREETMAP
- 12a Ankle-relatedTARSAL
- 13a “Hot Shots!” or “Shaun of the Dead”SPOOF
- 16a Post-marathon pain, perhapsACHE
- 19a Petrified ___WOOD
- 21a Machu Picchu and Chichén ItzáRUINS
- 23a Hospital test in a tube, for shortMRI
- 24a Birthplace of MuhammadMECCA
- 25a What Mark Twain called the “saddest evidence of intellectual poverty”PUN
- 26a Distort, as polling dataSKEW
- 27a Network of medical providers, for shortHMO
Down ↓
- 1d Something checked twice by SantaLIST
- 2d Teeny tiny bitIOTA
- 3d Sound from a content felinePURR
- 4d 2003 hit for Lil Jon and the East Side BoyzGETLOW
- 5d 10s and 20s dispenserATM
- 6d Supportive topBRA
- 7d Soak (up)SOP
- 9d “You ___ what you sow”REAP
- 11d Intrinsic natureESSENCE
- 14d Extra pepOOMPH
- 15d Online discussion siteFORUM
- 16d Funny bone’s placeARM
- 17d Actors’ promptsCUES
- 18d Cletus Spuckler on “The Simpsons,” e.g.HICK
- 20d ___ nuggets (food shaped like prehistoric creatures)DINO
- 22d Tool with sharp teethSAW