The NYT Midi Crossword May 3, 2026 puzzle by Paolo Pasco is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Chipper greeting HIYA
- 5 Partner of Salt and DJ Spinderella, in a hip-hop group PEPA
- 9 Get ___ the ground floor INON
- 10 “___ fair in love and war” ALLS
- 11 Quick Instagram video of jumping over monster trucks on a motorcycle? STUNTREEL
- 13 Broadway show backdrop SET
- 14 Costa ___ RICA
- 15 Shares online, as someone else’s meme REPOSTS
- 17 Sharp’s opposite, in music FLAT
- 18 Feel sorry about RUE
- 20 Quick YouTube video of raking leaves, apple-picking and carving pumpkins? FALLSHORT
- 22 “Coyote vs. ___” (2026 movie in which Wile E. Coyote sues a corporation) ACME
- 23 It’s a thought! IDEA
- 24 Animal on “Xing” signs DEER
- 25 Challenge for a fastidious person MESS
Down
- 1 Sound from an angry cat HISS
- 2 Program allowing for human-computer communication INTERFACE
- 3 “I dunno” YOUTELLME
- 4 Author Patchett ANN
- 5 Host of the 2024 Summer Olympics PARIS
- 6 Conductor in a circuit ELECTRODE
- 7 Sources of delight PLEASURES
- 8 Communication system with “finger spelling,” for short ASL
- 12 Easy gaits for horses TROTS
- 16 Less sun-kissed PALER
- 19 H-shaped Greek letters ETAS
- 20 Labubus or Dubai chocolate in 2025, e.g. FAD
- 21 That guy HIM
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