The NYT Midi Crossword September 5, 2026 puzzle by Evan Kalish is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Initialism meaning “Refrain from opening this link at the office!” NSFW
- 5 Sign of a scrape’s healing SCAB
- 9 Designer Wang VERA
- 10 California’s ___ Valley NAPA
- 11 Midmonth day IDES
- 12 “‘Tis a pity …” ALAS
- 13 – or — DASH
- 14 Static Insta posts PICS
- 15 “Monsters, ___” (2001 film) INC
- 16 Comedian Margaret CHO
- 17 “You know, because that’s totally normal” ASONEDOES
- 21 Poem of praise ODE
- 22 Media mogul who founded CNN … or a hint to this puzzle’s shaded names TEDTURNER
- 28 Lotion additive ALOE
- 29 Burger joint meat BEEF
- 30 Audi alternatives BMWS
- 31 Colored egg component YOLK
Down
- 1 Tech giant whose name consists of three U.S. state postal abbreviations NVIDIA
- 2 Cars that typically have four doors SEDANS
- 3 Painting executed on a wet plaster surface FRESCO
- 4 ___ and fold (type of laundry service) WASH
- 5 Onesie fastener SNAP
- 6 Cat with multicolored patches CALICO
- 7 Indigenous people of the Southwest APACHE
- 8 Opera singers with deep voices BASSOS
- 18 Post-it memos NOTES
- 19 University website suffix EDU
- 20 Certain horse race or hat DERBY
- 22 Indentation key TAB
- 23 Tree with oblong-shaped leaves ELM
- 24 The “D” of Wall Street’s D.J.I.A. DOW
- 25 Opposite of paleo- NEO
- 26 Slippery as an ___ EEL
- 27 ’60s attorney general who was also a president’s brother, for short RFK
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