The NYT Midi Crossword March 22, 2026 puzzle by Erik Agard is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Nothing, in Spanish NADA
- 5 “That’s odd …” HMM
- 8 Near-circular shape OVAL
- 9 The person reading this clue YOU
- 10 *Classic children’s novel about a boy who looks like a mouse [E.B. White, 1945] STUART
- 12 Group of whales POD
- 13 19th-century abolitionist Brown JOHN
- 14 *Classic coming-of-age novel about four sisters [Louisa May Alcott, 1868] WOMEN
- 16 Frozen water ICE
- 17 Paste used in Japanese soups MISO
- 18 Tea brand in the Kermit Sipping Tea meme LIPTON
- 20 Lightbulb unit WATT
- 24 Cards for fortunetelling TAROT
- 25 [Scratches head …] UHH
- 26 With 31-Across, where you’d go to check out the answers to the starred clues? LITTLEFREE
- 30 A.T.M. code PIN
- 31 See 26-Across LIBRARY
- 32 Key next to F1, on a PC ESC
- 33 Sent via Outlook, say EMAILED
- 34 Gobbled up ATE
- 35 Red-letter ___ DAY
Down
- 1 Person, place or thing, grammatically NOUN
- 2 Palindromic first name AVA
- 3 “On the Origin of Species” author Charles DARWIN
- 4 Singers below sopranos ALTOS
- 5 Buzz surrounding a project HYPE
- 6 Lunar lander’s destination MOON
- 7 Wet dirt MUD
- 10 Nelson Mandela or Albert Einstein, politically SOCIALIST
- 11 *Classic children’s novella about a wise-beyond-his-years explorer [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943] THEPRINCE
- 13 Reject romantically JILT
- 15 Cut the grass MOW
- 17 Patchy in coloring MOTTLED
- 19 Tater ___ TOT
- 21 Hearing-related AURAL
- 22 In that location THERE
- 23 “And all the girls dreamed that ___ be your partner” (“You’re So Vain” lyric) THEYD
- 27 Capital of Peru LIMA
- 28 Website with bidding EBAY
- 29 The “F” in T.G.I.F.: Abbr. FRI
- 30 Vegetable in a samosa PEA
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