The NYT Midi Crossword September 28, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Possible treatment for a sore shoulder ICE
- 4 Scattered, as seeds SOWED
- 9 Tues- company? DAY
- 10 Assortment of treasure TROVE
- 11 Mined rock ORE
- 12 Buenos ___, Argentina AIRES
- 13 Pinpointed, as on a map LOCATED
- 15 Cough soother LOZENGE
- 17 Skill no longer widely used … or, when parsed differently, a hint to 13-, 15- and 17-Across? LOSTART
- 19 Indigenous people of New Zealand MAORI
- 21 Animal sound from a children’s book with buttons, perhaps MOO
- 22 Rowed, as a rowboat OARED
- 23 College web address suffix EDU
- 24 No longer in style PASSE
- 25 Bump, ___, spike (volleyball sequence) SET
Down
- 1 Object of adoration IDOL
- 2 Song sung around Christmas CAROL
- 3 Info on driver’s licenses EYECOLORS
- 4 In America’s lower 48 STATESIDE
- 5 Get situated ORIENT
- 6 Scrabble, Crossplay, etc. WORDGAMES
- 7 Fruit eater in Eden EVE
- 8 ___ Moines, Iowa DES
- 14 Volcanic island chain west of mainland Portugal AZORES
- 16 Cause to shrink, as confidence ERODE
- 18 Hype up TOUT
- 19 ___ the floor with (defeat convincingly) MOP
- 20 Designation for the Rochester Red Wings and Worcester Red Sox AAA
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