The NYT Midi Crossword September 21, 2026 puzzle by Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Make a beeline, say DASH
- 5 Wash vigorously SCRUB
- 10 Skin care brand that dropped “Oil of” from its name OLAY
- 11 Boston daily newspaper GLOBE
- 12 Standard NORM
- 13 Toothpaste containers TUBES
- 14 Injury from a 25-Down STING
- 16 Pigeon-loving character on “Sesame Street” BERT
- 17 Cries hysterically SOBS
- 19 “So cute!” AWW
- 22 ___ and call BECK
- 24 Nickname for New Orleans THEBIGEASY
- 28 Home for a 25-Down HIVE
- 29 Make a knot not? UNTIE
- 30 One of two 10-point tiles in Scrabble ZEE
- 31 Necessities NEEDS
Down
- 1 Puts on, as clothing DONS
- 2 Many ALOT
- 3 Garment commonly worn by Bangladeshi women SARI
- 4 Devotional songs HYMNS
- 5 “___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” SGT
- 6 Raver’s nightlife environment CLUBSCENE
- 7 Cozy post-shower attire ROBE
- 8 Lyft competitor UBER
- 9 Awards show superlative BEST
- 15 Desert whose temperatures can reach -40°F in the winter GOBI
- 18 Underway BEGUN
- 19 Airport code of Greece’s capital ATH
- 20 “Gee ___!” WHIZ
- 21 Contraction that sounds like a hair extension WEVE
- 23 “Kiss Me, ___” (Cole Porter musical) KATE
- 25 Animal moving diagonally in this puzzle? BEE
- 26 ___ Vicious, punk rock icon SID
- 27 [Nods head] YES
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