The NYT Midi Crossword November 2, 2026 puzzle by Adam Aaronson is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Spotify or Shopify APP
- 4 Symbol at the start of a music staff CLEF
- 8 Establishments with liquor licenses BARS
- 10 Totally bonkers LOCO
- 11 Hold on tightly CLING
- 13 Monster in a fairy tale OGRE
- 14 Steamed semolina dish with a repetitive name COUSCOUS
- 16 New Jersey’s most populous city NEWARK
- 17 Fish in Hawaiian cuisine with a repetitive name MAHIMAHI
- 19 “A ___ apple” ASIN
- 20 Podcast interruptions ADS
- 22 Inquire ASK
- 23 Chocolate confection with a repetitive name BONBON
- 26 ___ Jemison (first Black woman to travel to space) MAE
- 27 Cow parts that dispense milk UDDERS
- 28 Pretty shady, slangily SUS
- 29 Swiss-based competitor of Lipton NESTEA
Down
- 1 Easy as ___ ABC
- 2 Buddy PAL
- 3 Cost increases PRICEHIKES
- 4 Pointers that tell time CLOCKHANDS
- 5 Wikipedia’s globe made of puzzle pieces, for one LOGO
- 6 Beigelike color ECRU
- 7 Enemies FOES
- 9 Strand during the winter, maybe SNOWIN
- 12 U.S. territory in Oceania GUAM
- 15 Mrs., in Spanish SRA
- 16 Capital of the Bahamas NASSAU
- 17 Counterparts of sirs MAAMS
- 18 “My best guess is …” IDBET
- 21 ___ loser (bad sport) SORE
- 23 Seeded part of a Big Mac BUN
- 24 “___ to Joy” ODE
- 25 Government org. focused on cryptography NSA
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