The NYT Midi Crossword October 31, 2026 puzzle by Alina Abidi is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 By ___ and bounds LEAPS
- 6 Prepare to nap LIEDOWN
- 8 Time for spooky sights and sounds HALLOWEEN
- 10 Egg cells OVA
- 11 This or that or whichever ANY
- 12 Tropical evergreen that’s the source of chocolate CACAOTREE
- 16 Chinese steamed bun BAO
- 17 Useful trait for climbing a mountain or wrangling an energetic toddler ENDURANCE
- 23 Spell of activity BOUT
- 24 Fitting rhyme for “gloom” DOOM
- 25 Dude BRO
- 26 Class that teaches about DNA, in brief BIO
Down
- 1 Pale purple LILAC
- 2 Sushi fish served with a sweet-salty sauce EEL
- 3 Hubbub ADO
- 4 Comic book onomatopoeia POW
- 5 Say with a hand on the Bible SWEAR
- 6 What the blobs of some groovy lamps resemble LAVA
- 7 State bird of Hawaii NENE
- 8 Ad ___ (formed for a particular purpose) HOC
- 9 Holiday celebrated two months after 8-Across, for short NYE
- 13 Be next to ABUT
- 14 Rowboat tool OAR
- 15 “Frog and ___” (children’s book series) TOAD
- 17 Flow back EBB
- 18 “Neither snow ___ rain ___ heat ___ gloom of night …” (motto associated with the U.S. Postal Service) NOR
- 19 “Dynamic” grouping of people DUO
- 20 Head, in slang NOB
- 21 ___ Leray, rapper with the 2023 hit “Players” COI
- 22 Rock genre with confessional lyrics EMO
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