The NYT Midi Crossword September 30, 2026 puzzle by Hanh Huynh is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 School stat GPA
- 4 Gently apply DAB
- 7 Hawaiian neckwear LEI
- 8 Gardener’s watering aid HOSE
- 9 Screw up ERR
- 10 Like a tooth that’s barely attached LOOSE
- 11 To the ___ degree NTH
- 12 “Baseball is 90% mental. The ___ half is physical” (quote attributed to Yogi Berra) OTHER
- 13 Whiskey barrel material OAK
- 15 Org. with auditors IRS
- 16 To the point SUCCINCT
- 19 Signs, as an important document INKS
- 20 “Only playing with you!” IKID
- 22 Dessert slice that a Trivial Pursuit game token resembles PIE
- 23 Big name in jeans LEVI
- 24 Muddy enclosure STY
- 25 Observed EYED
Down
- 1 Powell of 2025’s “The Running Man” GLEN
- 2 Cheeky PERT
- 3 Tabletop game with a plastic puck AIRHOCKEY
- 4 Thingamajig DOOHICKEY
- 5 Not shy about speaking one’s mind ASSERTIVE
- 6 Sudsy six-pack BEERS
- 8 Like a ghost pepper HOT
- 10 Mischievous Norse god … or a homophonic hint to the ends of 3- and 4-Down LOKI
- 14 Cooling appliances: Abbr. ACS
- 16 Nurses, as some 6-Down SIPS
- 17 Absolute ___ (slang term for an exceptionally muscular person) UNIT
- 18 River in Egypt NILE
- 21 “Why ___ the chicken cross the road?” DID
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