The NYT Midi Crossword August 31, 2026 puzzle by Tom McCoy is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Org. behind the Voyager missions NASA
- 5 Subj. for a business major ECON
- 9 Uptight, colloquially ANAL
- 10 Musician Ono YOKO
- 11 Low-lying area, poetically VALE
- 12 Grooves made by wheels RUTS
- 13 Abbreviation before an alias AKA
- 14 New ___, capital of India DELHI
- 15 Affectionate nickname for James JIMBO
- 17 Bear’s home DEN
- 18 Appetizer bit that’s shaped like two of its letters ONIONRING
- 20 Regret RUE
- 21 Cereal piece that’s shaped like four of its letters FROOTLOOP
- 27 Deserve EARN
- 28 Diminutive mentor for Luke Skywalker YODA
- 29 The “E” in a B.E.C. sandwich EGG
- 30 Tina of “Mean Girls” FEY
Down
- 1 Native American language used by many code talkers in W.W. II NAVAJO
- 2 Boy whose shadow looks like Darth Vader on a movie poster for “The Phantom Menace” ANAKIN
- 3 Pepperoni is a type of it SALAMI
- 4 India pale ___ ALE
- 5 “Jane ___” (Charlotte Brontë novel) EYRE
- 6 “Pleeeease?” COULDI
- 7 “That was a pretty strange thing to say” OKTHEN
- 8 Snooping (around) NOSING
- 14 Breakfast item that’s shaped like one of its letters DONUT
- 16 Element #5 BORON
- 19 Depend (on) RELY
- 21 Consultant’s charge FEE
- 22 Piece of old cloth, perhaps RAG
- 23 End of many a nonprofit URL ORG
- 24 “That’s rough!” OOF
- 25 Poem of praise ODE
- 26 Pony up PAY
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