The NYT Midi Crossword September 4, 2026 puzzle by Rena Cohen is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Spent time in a dining hall ATE
- 4 EYES
- 8 Busiest airport on the West Coast, familiarly LAX
- 9 Opulent LUXE
- 10 Got rid of AXED
- 12 Show off, in modern slang FLEX
- 13 Complimentary champagne and plush robes, in a hotel room NICETIES
- 15 Wetland FEN
- 16 Microsoft gaming console XBOX
- 18 Official who is calling the “strikes” in this puzzle’s grid? UMP
- 21 “That’s my impression” SOIGATHER
- 23 Palindromic kitchen brand OXO
- 24 Supermodel Campbell NAOMI
- 25 Rejections NOS
- 26 Common cereal in homemade trail mix CHEX
Down
- 1 Actor Rickman or Ritchson ALAN
- 2 Cab TAXI
- 3 C.O.O. or C.F.O. EXEC
- 4 Like some North Pole workers ELFIN
- 5 Christmastime YULE
- 6 Tate McRae song with the lyric “We make up, then we break up, then they swear they’ll never call me” EXES
- 7 Health class topic SEX
- 11 Clear, as a windshield DEFOG
- 14 Houston football player TEXAN
- 16 Love letter sign-off XOXO
- 17 Parts of social media profiles BIOS
- 18 “That’s not good!” UHOH
- 19 Distracted Boyfriend or Expanding Brain MEME
- 20 Grand ___ (motor race) PRIX
- 21 Daughter’s brother SON
- 22 Tic-___-toe TAC
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