The NYT Midi Crossword October 3, 2026 puzzle by Sid Sivakumar is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Genre for 21 Savage and 50 Cent RAP
- 4 Tanning oil initials SPF
- 7 Number between cero and dos UNO
- 8 Peg on a golf course TEE
- 9 Create hype MAKEABUZZ
- 13 Company that merged with Mobil in 1999 EXXON
- 14 Curse POX
- 15 People after whom things are named EPONYMS
- 19 “So, ___ been thinking …” IVE
- 20 Relaxing sound at a spa AHH
- 22 Game played on a 3×3 grid, as seen in this puzzle TICTACTOE
- 26 Competitors in a certain spoken-word performance event SLAMPOETS
- 27 ___-gritty NITTY
Down
- 1 Stereotypical liquor for a pirate RUM
- 2 Santa ___ winds ANA
- 3 👉 POKE
- 4 Leave dumbstruck STUN
- 5 Candy in a plastic dispenser PEZ
- 6 Red felt hat with a tassel FEZ
- 10 Trade show EXPO
- 11 Part of a nerve cell AXON
- 12 Like a car that’s all angles and no curves BOXY
- 15 What superheroes fight against EVIL
- 16 Popular nut in ice cream and pies PECAN
- 17 Pirate’s pal MATEY
- 18 Espresso unit SHOT
- 19 The “I” of T.G.I.F. ITS
- 21 “She’s everything. ___ just Ken” (“Barbie” tagline) HES
- 23 “I did NOT need to know that!” TMI
- 24 Like this clue’s formatting of bold or italic, say APT
- 25 Extra bed at a hotel, perhaps COT
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