The NYT Midi Crossword March 20, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 ___ B, rapper with the 2025 hit album “Am I the Drama?” CARDI
- 6 Q-tip, e.g. SWAB
- 10 Approximately ABOUT
- 11 Lose color PALE
- 12 Milwaukee’s N.B.A. team BUCKS
- 13 Boatloads ALOT
- 14 It opens doors for you KEY
- 15 Seller of the Skogsta dinner table and Kivik sofa IKEA
- 16 Pets that share about 95% of their DNA with tigers CATS
- 18 Explosive stuff TNT
- 19 “Come again?” HUH
- 20 “Sup, bro!” YO
- 21 Big pig that digs HOG
- 24 Intense anger IRE
- 25 “___ vey!” (Yiddish “yeesh!”) OY
- 26 ___ out a living EKE
- 27 Kind of salad with bacon, blue cheese, eggs, tomatoes and chicken COBB
- 29 Object of adoration IDOL
- 30 What a bibliophile prizes RAREBOOK
- 33 Putting up with ABIDING
- 34 Something that does tricks … such as those at 3- and 7-Down YOYO
Down
- 1 Lyft alternative CAB
- 2 ___ Dhabi ABU
- 3 Do a new parent’s job ROCKTHEBABY
- 4 “Put up your ___!” DUKES
- 5 Teeny-tiny ITSY
- 6 Home country of Miguel de Cervantes and Federico García Lorca SPAIN
- 7 Do a pet owner’s job WALKTHEDOG
- 8 Balm that soothes sunburns ALOE
- 9 β BETA
- 16 Smartly dressed CHIC
- 17 ___ borealis AURORA
- 18 34-Across, e.g. TOY
- 20 “___ te amo” (“I love you,” in Spanish) YO
- 22 “All right already! I hear you!” OKOK
- 23 Hair-hardening stuff GEL
- 28 Pizazz BRIO
- 29 Molecule that has gained or lost electrons ION
- 31 Surname in the ice cream aisle EDY
- 32 Dating app description BIO
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