The NYT Midi Crossword April 21, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Luminesce GLOW
- 5 Butts head-on RAMS
- 9 Hoped-for item at end of “The Bachelor” ROSE
- 10 Fail to include OMIT
- 11 The Bruins of the N.C.A.A. UCLA
- 12 Da Vinci’s “___ Lisa” MONA
- 13 Odds figure BOOKMAKER
- 15 Family, collectively KIN
- 16 Odd-sided figure NONAGON
- 20 Something used daily by about 60% of Copenhagen’s commuters, the highest rate of any major city in the world BIKE
- 21 Done OVER
- 23 One of 13 in the base of the Great Pyramid ACRE
- 24 Notre ___ DAME
- 25 Enjoy a book READ
- 26 Low-quality A.I.-generated content, familiarly SLOP
Down
- 1 Food, informally GRUB
- 2 Crazy LOCO
- 3 Capital of Norway OSLO
- 4 Lacking courage WEAKKNEED
- 5 Jupiter and Mars, but not Earth ROMANGODS
- 6 Run ___ (go wild) AMOK
- 7 One might have silver linings MINE
- 8 Figure on the Hollywood Walk of Fame … or the shape of the figure on the sidewalk STAR
- 14 “Mamma ___!” MIA
- 16 “Hey, that’s pretty good news!” NICE
- 17 Vegetable used in bhindi masala OKRA
- 18 Shape of a rugby ball OVAL
- 19 Captain in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” NEMO
- 20 Locale for a karaoke night or trivia night BAR
- 22 Workout unit REP
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