The NYT Midi Crossword May 20, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 ___ and chain BALL
- 5 Grp. running the National Palm Print System FBI
- 8 Utter pandemonium CHAOS
- 10 Living room curtain holder ROD
- 11 Brief film appearance CAMEO
- 12 Early leader in dial-up internet AOL
- 13 Charlotte who wrote “Jane Eyre” BRONTE
- 15 Egg cells OVA
- 18 Borderline salacious RACY
- 19 Overly anxious sort NEUROTIC
- 21 Provide funds for ENDOW
- 22 With 5-Down, U.S. city with the iconic “crookedest street in the world,” as hinted at in the circled letters SAN
- 24 A little off AMISS
- 25 The Cavaliers, on N.B.A. scoreboards CLE
- 26 Oodles and oodles LOTS
- 27 So last year OLD
Down
- 1 Email field that protects privacy BCC
- 2 “Oh, I get it now” AHA
- 3 On the ___ (fleeing) LAM
- 4 Singer Lisa with the #1 hit “Stay (I Missed You)” LOEB
- 5 See 22-Across FRANCISCO
- 6 Rendezvous in the wee hours, maybe BOOTYCALL
- 7 Not doing much IDLE
- 9 Woes SORROWS
- 14 Grain used in making many cereals OAT
- 15 N.B.A. great Shaquille ONEAL
- 16 App with a “Pay/Request” button VENMO
- 17 I.R.S. investigation AUDIT
- 20 Friend on “Friends” ROSS
- 23 ___ Sampson, protagonist on Peacock’s “The Paper” NED
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