The NYT Midi Crossword October 21, 2026 puzzle by Aaron Gee and Avery Gee Katz is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Tight-lipped MUM
- 4 By ___ means necessary ANY
- 5 Furry new members of the family, maybe KITTENS
- 10 Display at a museum EXHIBIT
- 11 Places to cash out? ATMS
- 14 ___ Stix (powdered candy) PIXY
- 15 Practiced backstroke or breaststroke, say SWAM
- 16 ___-Ball (arcade game) SKEE
- 17 Like the graphics of the original Super Mario Bros. PIXELATED
- 20 Photocopies XEROXES
- 21 Like British humor vis-Ã -vis American humor, stereotypically DRIER
- 22 French fashion initials YSL
Down
- 1 Rings in the New Year, perhaps MAKESMERRY
- 2 Operating system developed at Bell Labs UNIX
- 3 “Swallowed gum stays in your body for seven years,” e.g. MYTH
- 6 Betting adviser TIPSTER
- 7 Two-wheeled vehicles that need charging EBIKES
- 8 Vetoed NIXED
- 9 Eye affliction that rhymes with “eye” STYE
- 11 Egyptian snake that bit Cleopatra ASP
- 12 Candy with the slogan “Two is more than one” TWIX
- 13 Reached full capacity, with “out” MAXED
- 18 Fictional reporter Lane LOIS
- 19 Skating jump AXEL
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