The NYT Midi Crossword April 22, 2026 puzzle by Jeremy Newton is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 English class: FAILED FLIT
- 5 Painting class: POOR DART
- 9 Grand Theft ___ (video game) AUTO
- 10 Protect, as with a roof COVER
- 11 Stumble (over) TRIP
- 12 Bring together UNIFY
- 13 Curvy alphabet letter ESS
- 14 Hotel room offerings BEDS
- 15 Torts class: AVERAGE CLAW
- 17 Slender orchestra woodwind OBOE
- 19 Kinda-sorta suffix ISH
- 22 Tiny blue villager from kids’ TV and movies SMURF
- 23 “Well, how about ___!” THAT
- 25 At the location where a movie is being filmed ONSET
- 26 Life saver HERO
- 27 Computer class: GOOD BIT
- 28 Gym class: EXCELLENT APE
Down
- 1 Lard or blubber FAT
- 2 Flashy item added to a fishhook LURE
- 3 Suffix with sinus or senior ITIS
- 4 What earns you first place in an arcade game TOPSCORE
- 5 No longer working on DONEWITH
- 6 Enthusiastic, as a fan AVID
- 7 Football penalty callers REFS
- 8 Attempt TRY
- 10 Havana’s country CUBA
- 16 Exited the scene LEFT
- 17 Luxury hotel chain aptly hidden in “room nights” OMNI
- 18 Arrest, as members of a drug ring BUST
- 20 ___ butter (ingredient in many body lotions) SHEA
- 21 Angel’s instrument HARP
- 22 Cry uncontrollably SOB
- 24 Wiggler on a foot TOE
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