The NYT Midi Crossword November 5, 2026 puzzle by Evan Kalish is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Prep, as Thanksgiving potatoes MASH
- 5 Unwanted email from a bot SPAM
- 9 Jet black INKY
- 10 Folk story TALE
- 11 Button clicked to bypass ads on YouTube videos SKIP
- 12 “I get that ___” ALOT
- 13 “Good grief!” OHDEARME
- 15 Animal in a 2007 Pixar film RAT
- 16 Appetizer made with squid CALAMARI
- 21 Often-spotty hotel amenity WIFI
- 22 “Zounds!” EGAD
- 23 Merit EARN
- 24 Clownfish in a 2003 Pixar film NEMO
- 25 Reserve, as a hotel room BOOK
- 26 Mail org. whose two-letter abbreviations are used to spell 9-, 13-, 16- and 24-Across USPS
Down
- 1 Japanese soup MISO
- 2 Egyptian symbol known as the “key of life” ANKH
- 3 Lose traction SKID
- 4 Clickable text in a news article HYPERLINK
- 5 Where “Sleep” and “Shut down” actions are found on a Windows PC STARTMENU
- 6 Holder of a hidden quarter, perhaps PALM
- 7 ___ vera ALOE
- 8 Rendezvoused with MET
- 14 Small battery size AAA
- 16 Farewell pronounced like “chow” CIAO
- 17 Natural hairstyle AFRO
- 18 Gets on in years AGES
- 19 Wheelchair-accessible incline RAMP
- 20 Words exchanged at a wedding IDOS
- 21 “Charlotte’s ___” WEB
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