The NYT Midi Crossword October 15, 2026 puzzle by Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Loops in on an email, for short CCS
- 4 Animal on Wyoming’s state flag BISON
- 9 First animal in the Chinese zodiac RAT
- 10 Right when expected ONCUE
- 11 “The loneliest number” ONE
- 12 “___ up, Doc?” WHATS
- 13 Office space item STAPLER
- 15 ___ Liu, portrayer of one of the Kens in “Barbie” SIMU
- 16 Gather REAP
- 19 1938 novel adapted into a 1940 Hitchcock Academy Award winner REBECCA
- 21 Common building material in a 14-Down ADOBE
- 23 Floor covering RUG
- 24 Instrument in a string quartet VIOLA
- 25 Mined rock ORE
- 26 Jouster’s protection ARMOR
- 27 Used to be WAS
Down
- 1 Organization with millions of annual blood donors CROSS
- 2 “Pretty, pretty please?” CANTI
- 3 Alternative to a sauna STEAMROOM
- 4 Annual college football game played in Florida BOWL
- 5 Vague reply to “Where are you?” INHERE
- 6 Figure in a cornfield SCARECROW
- 7 “Are you in or ___?” OUT
- 8 Super Mario Bros. platform, for short NES
- 14 American Southwest community PUEBLO
- 17 Honda’s luxury brand ACURA
- 18 Paper-turned-digital phone directory PAGES
- 20 Title animal of a 1967 children’s book illustrated by Eric Carle BEAR
- 21 Director DuVernay AVA
- 22 North, east, west or south: Abbr. DIR
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