The NYT Midi Crossword March 18, 2026 puzzle by Paolo Pasco is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Post-workout pain, maybe ACHE
- 5 ___ and crafts ARTS
- 9 Utah city that shares its name with a Biblical kingdom MOAB
- 10 Contents of a pirate’s chest LOOT
- 11 Compulsive fire-starter, casually PYRO
- 12 N.B.A. great Doncic LUKA
- 13 ___ the lawn MOW
- 15 Workout locale GYM
- 16 Place to buy a bong, maybe SMOKESHOP
- 19 Unfathomably long time EON
- 20 “I did NOT need to hear all that!” TMI
- 21 Motion-sensing Nintendo consoles WIIS
- 23 ___ Mode, costume designer in “The Incredibles” EDNA
- 26 Oceanic predator in a matrilineal pod ORCA
- 27 Jump high LEAP
- 28 Bread dipped into chicken tikka masala NAAN
- 29 Genie’s home LAMP
Down
- 1 Sound booster at a concert AMP
- 2 Like an impish smile COY
- 3 Non-piano instrument heard in the intro to “Piano Man” HARMONICA
- 4 Kindle download EBOOK
- 5 Completely ALL
- 6 Gist ROUGHIDEA
- 7 Asian city that hosted the only Summer Olympics to occur in an odd year (2021) TOKYO
- 8 Answer to the riddle “What travels around the world but stays in one corner?” STAMP
- 14 Like an 8-Down that’s just been licked WET
- 16 Attach, as a patch SEWON
- 17 “Schitt’s Creek” matriarch who pronounces “baby” like “bebe” MOIRA
- 18 Use your nose SMELL
- 22 ___ Diego SAN
- 24 “Apocalypse Now” setting, for short NAM
- 25 Spotify or Strava APP
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