The NYT Midi Crossword March 23, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Rough ocean waves, casually CHOP
- 5 Shade of blond or gray ASH
- 8 Top-notch AONE
- 9 Sports org. that puts on the College Football Playoff NCAA
- 10 Hardships WOES
- 11 Baby deer FAWN
- 12 Short satirical sketch SKIT
- 13 Clickable text in an email LINK
- 14 Opposites of compulsive cleaners SLOBS
- 16 “The Simpsons” bus driver with a palindromic name OTTO
- 19 2026 Super Bowl champs … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters (and their shape!) SEAHAWKS
- 23 Tree-cutting expert ARBORIST
- 24 What you need to go from E to F GAS
- 25 Rejections NOS
Down
- 1 Crows’ cries CAWS
- 2 “Hand-y” accessories for a pirate costume, perhaps HOOKS
- 3 Buck ___, co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ONEIL
- 4 Green sauce PESTO
- 5 Berry touted as a superfood ACAI
- 6 Having been cut, as logs SAWN
- 7 Walter’s D.E.A. agent brother-in-law on “Breaking Bad” HANK
- 9 Gridiron standout NFLSTAR
- 15 ___ chic (free-spirited fashion style) BOHO
- 17 Mattress size smaller than a full TWIN
- 18 “And your point is …?” OKSO
- 19 Droop SAG
- 20 Reagan ___ (1981-89) ERA
- 21 Target of bird-dog exercises ABS
- 22 Rd. crossers STS
MINI Clues are grouped in the order they appeared in the puzzle and If the answers above do not solve a specific clue just open the clue link and it will show you all the possible solutions that we have for that clue.
After I’m done with the Midi puzzle and when I want to go back to it to see it, I click “admire puzzle” and it flashes back to it for about only 1-2 seconds. Makes it impossible to review what I’ve just finished.
Surely there must be a way to actually view the finished puzzle. Is this some sort of glitch in the programming?