The NYT Midi Crossword July 8, 2026 puzzle by Tom McCoy is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 “The Fault in ___ Stars” (2012 book) OUR
- 4 Relied on TRUSTED
- 11 “Eureka!” AHA
- 12 Specialized end-of-life care program HOSPICE
- 13 Light blue bloom also known as “scorpion grass” FORGETMENOT
- 15 Bundle of papers SHEAF
- 16 “Rolling in the Deep” singer ADELE
- 17 Used to be WAS
- 19 Title for a knight SIR
- 20 Midafternoon coffee after a big lunch, say PICKMEUP
- 25 “And now, without further ___ …” ADO
- 26 Sign up for the armed services ENLIST
- 30 Fictional plumber who says “It’s-a-me!” MARIO
- 33 Flood preventer LEVEE
- 34 T-shirt from an older sibling, perhaps HANDMEDOWN
- 36 Nostalgic songs OLDIES
- 37 2012 Taylor Swift album whose name is a color RED
- 38 Hankerings YENS
- 39 Golf course measure: Abbr. YDS
Down
- 1 Galoots OAFS
- 2 “That’s not good” UHOH
- 3 Uncommon RARE
- 4 One’s relatives, slangily THEFAM
- 5 Decay ROT
- 6 West Point, in brief USMA
- 7 Zoomed along SPED
- 8 Pointy parts of forks TINES
- 9 Food-poisoning bacteria ECOLI
- 10 Discourage DETER
- 14 Stare GAWK
- 18 “You understand?” SEE
- 20 Receptionist on “The Office” PAM
- 21 Top potato-producing state in the U.S. IDAHO
- 22 Hard thing to find underwater? CORAL
- 23 “Except maybe …” UNLESS
- 24 Begged PLED
- 27 Off-white color IVORY
- 28 Used a needle and thread SEWED
- 29 Is disposed (to) TENDS
- 31 Film archaeologist who wears a fedora, familiarly INDY
- 32 Garfield’s canine frenemy ODIE
- 35 “12 Angry ___” (1957 film) MEN
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