The NYT Midi Crossword March 9, 2026 puzzle by Sid Sivakumar is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Red number on a financial spreadsheet, maybe DEBT
- 5 A long way away FAR
- 8 Poet Khayyám OMAR
- 9 Arts-and-crafts supply that dries out without a cap GLUE
- 10 Write a computer program CODE
- 11 Difficult to come by RARE
- 12 MARITAL
- 14 UNITED
- 16 Bowling target PIN
- 17 SITES
- 21 Family member who might be a rescue PET
- 22 Really ticked off IRATE
- 23 ___-friendly (environmentally conscious) ECO
- 24 “Oppenheimer” director Christopher NOLAN
- 25 Kylo ___ of the “Star Wars” universe REN
- 26 Robin’s home NEST
Down
- 1 Vet or OB DOC
- 2 Punk subgenre EMO
- 3 Sport with birdies BADMINTON
- 4 Reward for being a good doggy, perhaps TREAT
- 5 Like soda that’s been sitting out for a while FLAT
- 6 Intangible allure of someone’s personality AURA
- 7 Short-form Instagram video REEL
- 9 Football field, by another name GRIDIRON
- 13 Sticky tree secretion RESIN
- 14 Opposite of lower UPPER
- 15 Nephew’s counterpart NIECE
- 18 A ___ as old as time TALE
- 19 Listings on an airport monitor, for short ETAS
- 20 Text status before “Delivered” SENT
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