The NYT Midi Crossword June 21, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Letters on a tombstone RIP
- 4 Feathery wrap BOA
- 7 Really awesome, informally EPIC
- 9 Guided museum visits TOURS
- 11 Q: What is Dad’s favorite magazine? A: ___ (groan) FATHERTIME
- 13 Sports journalist Chambers ARI
- 14 Scribble JOT
- 15 Q: What is Dad’s nickname when he’s investing like a pessimist? A: ___ (groan) PAPABEAR
- 18 Cost an ___ and a leg ARM
- 19 Instrument that sounds like a Fifth Avenue retailer SAX
- 20 Q: What is Dad’s lab dish sample called? A: ___ (groan) POPCULTURE
- 25 Arctic POLAR
- 26 Finished OVER
- 27 Lavish party FETE
- 28 What magma turns into above the earth’s surface LAVA
Down
- 1 Certain court official REF
- 2 Many a craft beer, for short IPA
- 3 Avocado discard PIT
- 4 Nonhuman social media follower BOT
- 5 Kind of board for a mystic OUIJA
- 6 Knight’s garb ARMOR
- 8 Bloke CHAP
- 9 ___ Council (“Survivor” elimination ceremony) TRIBAL
- 10 Theater backdrop SET
- 12 Smudge on a non-digital crossword, perhaps ERASURE
- 15 “The ___ is in the pudding!” PROOF
- 16 More than enough AMPLE
- 17 Sing the praises of EXTOL
- 18 TikTok or Temu, e.g. APP
- 21 Pet that may play with a stuffed mouse CAT
- 22 Charlottesville sch. UVA
- 23 Gun, as an engine REV
- 24 Dot-com ___ (late 1990s) ERA
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