The NYT Midi Crossword September 9, 2026 puzzle by Erica Hsiung Wojcik is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Cold weather layer COAT
- 5 Easily movable bed COT
- 8 What squires helped knights put on ARMOR
- 10 Rower’s implement OAR
- 11 Spice in a grinder PEPPER
- 13 “___ Drives Me Crazy” (Fine Young Cannibals hit) SHE
- 14 “Help!” SOS
- 15 Temporary break HIATUS
- 17 Play backdrops SETS
- 18 Fantastic AMAZING
- 21 “Quiet, you!” ZIPIT
- 23 ___ and gloom DOOM
- 25 People put on pedestals IDOLS
- 26 “What ___ can I do?” ELSE
- 27 Something a marathon winner runs through at the end of a race TAPE
- 28 “That feels gooood” AHH
Down
- 1 ALL ___ (FEATURE OF THIS CLUE) CAPS
- 2 Crumbly topping for froyo OREO
- 3 Electric guitar accessories AMPS
- 4 Appropriate grid location for this answer TOP
- 5 Price COST
- 6 Most-populous Hawaiian island OAHU
- 7 Uno + dos TRES
- 9 Puts in the microwave, as leftovers REHEATS
- 12 Cracker brand in a red box RITZ
- 16 Out of the way ASIDE
- 17 Frown turned upside down SMILE
- 18 Each APOP
- 19 Bourbon Street’s locale, informally NOLA
- 20 “Golly gee!” GOSH
- 21 Pimple ZIT
- 22 Civil rights leader ___ B. Wells IDA
- 24 “It’s just so-so” MEH
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