The NYT Midi Crossword March 8, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Country LAND
- 5 Hits up privately on social media, for short DMS
- 8 Supercharged engine variety TURBO
- 9 Dine EAT
- 10 Country between the United States and Guatemala MEXICO
- 11 “Much ___ About Nothing” ADO
- 12 The “E” in N.Y.E. EVE
- 13 D.C. transit system METRO
- 15 Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick LAMAR
- 18 Country between Sudan and Niger CHAD
- 19 Greetings between two frat dudes, say BROHUGS
- 21 Fifth, often, for a manual transmission TOPGEAR
- 22 “What were ___ thinking?!?” YOU
- 23 Vegetable similar to radicchio ENDIVE
- 26 Set your alarm for 7 p.m. instead of 7 a.m., for instance ERR
- 27 Storytelling clichés TROPES
- 28 Place to hang your hat on PEG
- 29 Knight’s title SIR
- 30 Popular high school sport, for short … or a description of the circled squares in this puzzle XC
Down
- 1 Country between Belgium and Germany LUXEMBOURG
- 2 Journalist Shapiro ARI
- 3 “Today” network NBC
- 4 ___ and gloom DOOM
- 5 Super-firm hold DEATHGRIP
- 6 Patterned fabric named for a city in India now known as Chennai MADRAS
- 7 Got up STOOD
- 8 Big name in hiking sandals TEVA
- 10 Brooks of Hollywood MEL
- 14 Country between Peru and Colombia ECUADOR
- 16 Jean ___, pioneering Dada artist ARP
- 17 Noted thesaurus ROGETS
- 20 French painter Matisse HENRI
- 21 Sped (through) TORE
- 22 “Sure is” YEP
- 24 Annoy VEX
- 25 Computer key in the upper-left corner ESC
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