The NYT Midi Crossword August 27, 2026 puzzle by Tarun Krishnamurthy is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Sci-fi saga with sandworms DUNE
- 5 High-maintenance headliner DIVA
- 9 Gadget pitched as “1,000 songs in your pocket” IPOD
- 10 Big heads EGOS
- 11 Does some light running JOGS
- 12 Spy within an organization MOLE
- 13 Yoko from Tokyo ONO
- 14 Entry-level Volkswagen sedan JETTA
- 15 Entry-level MacBook that debuted in 2026 NEO
- 16 Grain in an açaí bowl OAT
- 17 Lil Jon’s collaborator on “Turn Down for What” … or a hint to the animal made by connecting the circled letters in this puzzle? DJSNAKE
- 21 Biblical figure swallowed by a big swimmer JONAH
- 23 Slim ___ (meat stick) JIM
- 24 Sheep-related OVINE
- 25 Stately shade tree ELM
- 26 Made some cookies, e.g. BAKED
- 27 North Pole export TOY
Down
- 1 Mustard variety with bite DIJON
- 2 Winning by a very small margin UPONE
- 3 Scoundrel NOGOODNIK
- 4 Magazine staffers, for short EDS
- 5 Discredit DEMEAN
- 6 “See you later!” IGOTTAJET
- 7 What “V” stands for on a battery VOLT
- 8 On the ocean ASEA
- 14 Kidded around JOSHED
- 18 ___ Goodall, noted chimpanzee expert JANE
- 19 Approximately 2.2 pounds, for short KILO
- 20 The “E” of EGOT EMMY
- 21 Cosmologist or cosmetologist JOB
- 22 Reproductive cells OVA
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