The NYT Midi Crossword August 2, 2026 puzzle by Erik Agard is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Shrek, for one OGRE
- 5 Midwinter mugful COCOA
- 10 Ode or haiku POEM
- 11 Say angrily SNARL
- 12 Boxer’s decoy punch FEINT
- 13 Has a predisposition (to) TENDS
- 14 The Stonewall ___ (gay bar designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000) INN
- 15 Top of a company’s org chart CEO
- 16 Person posting intentionally infuriating content online … or an anagram of BEERGARITA RAGEBAITER
- 22 Certain beauty pageant winner in Africa … or an anagram of MANGO LASSI MISSANGOLA
- 23 Adolescent … or an anagram of GREEN TEA TEENAGER
- 24 It might be metaphorically sucked out of a room AIR
- 26 Tasks on a list TODOS
- 28 A pair apiece TWOEACH
- 32 “Yes, monsieur” OUI
- 33 One-named R&B singer with the 2024 hit “Nasty” TINASHE
- 34 Chapel Hill sch. UNC
- 35 Like sharp facial features ANGULAR
- 36 Six-point N.F.L. scores: Abbr. TDS
Down
- 1 ChatGPT’s company OPENAI
- 2 Alive and well GOINGSTRONG
- 3 ___ Faire (jousting venue, informally) REN
- 4 Ambulance worker, for short EMT
- 5 Winter hrs. in St. Louis CST
- 6 6-Down times 6-Down ONE
- 7 Negated CANCELEDOUT
- 8 Be bossy toward ORDERAROUND
- 9 In addition ALSO
- 12 Like a strong handshake FIRM
- 17 Suffix in some language names ESE
- 18 Main squeeze, in 2010s slang BAE
- 19 ___ Arbor, Mich. ANN
- 20 “So they tell me …” IGATHER
- 21 Country between Ghana and Benin TOGO
- 24 Encouraging word before “boy” or “girl” ATTA
- 25 “Victory is mine!” IWIN
- 27 Orders to attack, with “on” SICS
- 29 ___ Claire, Wis. EAU
- 30 Language with handshapes, in brief ASL
- 31 “___-ching!” CHA
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