The NYT Midi Crossword August 23, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Bitter-tasting ACERB
- 6 CBS forensic show with many spinoffs CSI
- 9 ___ Act, statute passed in 1764 to deter molasses smuggling SUGAR
- 10 Bumbling sort OAF
- 11 “Go ahead, ask away!” TRYME
- 12 ___ the record OFF
- 13 Psychic’s so-called “skill,” for short ESP
- 14 Back street ALLEY
- 16 Movie shoot do-over RETAKE
- 18 Jump to conclusions ASSUME
- 22 Wanderer NOMAD
- 25 What might be caked on a dog after a rainy hike MUD
- 26 The Cavaliers of the N.C.A.A. UVA
- 27 Busy airport in the Midwest OHARE
- 29 Disfigure MAR
- 30 “Dangerous ___” (2016 Ariana Grande hit) WOMAN
- 31 Sandwich whose initials stand for its ingredients BLT
- 32 Singer Diamond NEIL
Down
- 1 Flower that blooms in fall ASTER
- 2 Put a hex on CURSE
- 3 Home of the Great Pyramid of Giza EGYPT
- 4 Animal with a hard head RAM
- 5 Analyzes … or how to describe the circled bones in the 1st and 8th columns of this puzzle? BREAKSDOWN
- 6 “Sweet!” COOL
- 7 Umpire’s call with arms stretched out horizontally SAFE
- 8 Far from certain IFFY
- 15 “Allez ___ Bleus!” (French sports rallying cry) LES
- 17 Battery for a wireless mouse, perhaps AAA
- 19 Savory taste UMAMI
- 20 Certain public artwork MURAL
- 21 Garden of Adam and Eve EDEN
- 22 Like an arm that’s asleep NUMB
- 23 Shape of a rugby ball OVAL
- 24 Spot to shop MART
- 28 Weed removal tool HOE
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