The NYT Midi Crossword May 7, 2026 puzzle by Kareem Ayas is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 What a furnace provides HEAT
- 5 Nat Geo or Time, for short MAG
- 8 Breakfast items favored by Eleven on “Stranger Things” EGGOS
- 10 Letters before a texter’s two cents IMO
- 11 Nary a soul NOONE
- 12 Sound on a dairy farm MOO
- 13 Know-it-all GENIUS
- 15 Words from Caesar to Brutus ETTU
- 18 Unit that is equivalent to about 4,000 blocks in Minecraft ACRE
- 19 Bring into the police station, say ARREST
- 21 Fish eggs ROE
- 22 Exposed OUTED
- 26 Features on the back of most airplane seats TVS
- 27 Cheer for an opera diva BRAVA
- 28 Guys HES
- 29 Website with a “Deals” tab EBAY
Down
- 1 Mother ___ (doting sort) HEN
- 2 Counterpart to Freud’s id EGO
- 3 In the past AGO
- 4 Mother ___ (first language, often) TONGUE
- 5 Impersonate MIMIC
- 6 Love, in French AMOUR
- 7 Mother ___ (name in nursery rhymes) GOOSE
- 9 Look at SEE
- 14 Mother ___ (personification of all living things) NATURE
- 15 Mother ___ (Greek goddess Gaia, essentially) EARTH
- 16 Stash of treasure TROVE
- 17 Lock of hair TRESS
- 20 Shed many tears SOB
- 23 Keyboard button above Caps Lock TAB
- 24 Actress Mendes EVA
- 25 “Happy Mother’s ___!” DAY
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