The NYT Midi Crossword September 18, 2026 puzzle by Aidan Deshong is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Magician’s stage item, e.g. PROP
- 5 Pleads BEGS
- 9 BMW rival AUDI
- 10 Dark purple berry ACAI
- 11 Orange-yellow cracker topper CHEEZWHIZ
- 13 “When Breath Becomes ___” (2016 best-selling memoir) AIR
- 14 Solo ALONE
- 15 Classic movie theater candy with white sprinkles SNOCAPS
- 18 Treats that sound like something Santa would enjoy HOHOS
- 19 Pulled up a chair SAT
- 22 Informative TV spot, for short PSA
- 24 Government org. with a forerunner known as the Cipher Bureau NSA
- 25 Colorful cereal with a toucan mascot FROOTLOOPS
- 29 Nickname for Louise LULU
- 30 Green ogre SHREK
- 31 Throw forcefully, in Gen Z slang YEET
- 32 Signs of things to come OMENS
Down
- 1 Al of “The Godfather” PACINO
- 2 Worried exclamation from Scooby-Doo RUHROH
- 3 Praiseful poem ODE
- 4 Dessert with a lattice crust, perhaps PIE
- 5 Cries one’s eyes out BAWLS
- 6 Reverberation ECHO
- 7 “No pain, no ___” (gym rat’s motto) GAIN
- 8 L, XL or XXL SIZE
- 12 Sound in a sci-fi comic ZAP
- 13 ___ Wednesday ASH
- 16 Unsatisfying excuse COPOUT
- 17 Helper: Abbr. ASST
- 19 Make 💤 sounds SNORE
- 20 Ski town near Buttermilk Mountain ASPEN
- 21 Workplace assignments TASKS
- 23 Additionally ALSO
- 25 Travel by plane FLY
- 26 Regret RUE
- 27 Nashville’s Grand ___ Opry OLE
- 28 Unit of electrical resistance OHM
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