The NYT Midi Crossword May 4, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Original airer of “Mad Men” AMC
- 4 Word that rhymes with “crude,” aptly LEWD
- 8 Eccentric sort LOON
- 10 ___ tikki (potato-laden Indian snack) ALOO
- 11 State bounded by the Missouri and Mississippi rivers IOWA
- 12 Drain pain CLOG
- 13 Bundle of papers SHEAF
- 15 Like the sky on an overcast day GRAY
- 17 Garden tool for weeding HOE
- 18 Wilt DROOP
- 23 Alley-___ OOP
- 24 Lines that join the center of a circle to its circumference RADII
- 25 Government org. with codebreakers NSA
- 26 It is “not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength,” per Betty Friedan AGING
- 27 Door opener KEY
- 28 Like some detected battleships, in the game Battleship SUNK
Down
- 1 Comedian Wong ALI
- 2 Sound from a 3-Down MOO
- 3 Animal with a four-chambered stomach COW
- 4 Shoestring LACE
- 5 Jazz legend Fitzgerald ELLA
- 6 Sound from a 7-Down WOOF
- 7 Animal with a unique nose print, similar to human fingerprints DOG
- 9 Org. featured in “Gravity” NASA
- 14 Jellyfish-like creatures named for a figure in Greek mythology HYDRAS
- 15 Animal that can migrate up to 1,500 miles in a day GOOSE
- 16 Square up, as a debt REPAY
- 17 Sound from a 15-Down HONK
- 19 Brand of tomato sauce RAGU
- 20 Norse god of war ODIN
- 21 Sound from a 22-Down OINK
- 22 Animal who relies on mud to stay cool PIG
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