The NYT Midi Crossword May 15, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Secretly loops in on an email BCCS
- 5 Swindle BILK
- 9 “Bloody” steakhouse order RARE
- 10 “You can say that again!” AMEN
- 11 Aid and ___ ABET
- 12 What a dog buries … or a paleontologist digs up BONE
- 13 “Man, that hurts!” YOW
- 14 Up to this point BYNOW
- 15 Poisonous African snake MAMBA
- 17 German sausage BRATWURST
- 21 It’s the “new oil,” per mathematician Clive Humby DATA
- 22 Sulk MOPE
- 23 Tucked in for the night, quaintly ABED
- 24 Intend (to) PLAN
- 25 “Da,” in Russian or Romanian YES
- 26 Sneaky SLY
Down
- 1 Donkey’s sound BRAY
- 2 Mexican spring break destination, familiarly CABO
- 3 Colleagues on a spacecraft or airplane CREWMATES
- 4 ___ the record straight SET
- 5 Indicators of pregnancy … and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters (and shape!) BABYBUMPS
- 6 “Nothing can stop me now!” IMONAROLL
- 7 Onetime late-night host Jay LENO
- 8 Had down pat KNEW
- 14 Pricey German car BMW
- 16 The slightest amount ATAD
- 17 Time to make a yearly wish, informally BDAY
- 18 Broccoli ___ RABE
- 19 Fix, as a female pet SPAY
- 20 Number of years Odysseus fought in the Trojan War TEN
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