The NYT Midi Crossword September 20, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Bear witness (to) ATTEST
- 7 “Back in Black” band ACDC
- 11 🇺🇸 + ♣️ = ___? COUNTRYCLUB
- 13 🤞 + ♦️ = ___? HOPEDIAMOND
- 14 Calculation on a bank of airport monitors, for short ETA
- 15 Cause of worry lines, some say STRESS
- 16 Bio. or chem. SCI
- 18 Small map on a larger map INSET
- 19 Champagne-opening sound POP
- 21 Sports squad TEAM
- 23 Possible response to “Are you solving a crossword?” IAM
- 26 🪴 + ♠️ = ___? GARDENSPADE
- 30 🟪 + ♥️ = ___? PURPLEHEART
- 31 Sawed logs SNORED
- 32 “The Lion King” villain SCAR
- 33 Horse’s gait TROT
- 34 Have to pay OWE
Down
- 1 Feel a tough workout the next day ACHE
- 2 Gentle honks TOOTS
- 3 Rapper whose name is often stylized with a number TUPAC
- 4 Opposite of WSW ENE
- 5 Regulations: Abbr. STDS
- 6 Three-sided steak cut TRITIP
- 7 High points ACMES
- 8 “___ but no cigar!” CLOSE
- 9 Kirsten of “The Power of the Dog,” 2021 DUNST
- 10 Ingredient in some edibles, for short CBD
- 12 Material of interest to a knitter or kitten YARN
- 17 Apple tablet with heavy-duty processing power IPADPRO
- 20 Eggy breakfast OMELET
- 21 Jeer TAUNT
- 22 See the ___ of your ways ERROR
- 23 More or less ISH
- 24 Orangutans and bonobos APES
- 25 Chain of auto repair shops MAACO
- 26 Navigation tool in a maps app, for short GPS
- 27 The Dutch, on soccer scoreboards NED
- 28 Sketch DRAW
- 29 French “to be” ETRE
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