The NYT Midi Crossword March 28, 2026 puzzle by Kareem Ayas is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Poison ___ IVY
- 4 Counterpart of “thx,” in texts PLS
- 7 Do some threadwork SEW
- 10 Author whose poem “The Raven” inspired the name of Baltimore’s N.F.L. team POE
- 11 Sam-___ (“Green Eggs and Ham” character) IAM
- 12 Verb shortened to its middle letter in texts ARE
- 13 Pie ___ mode ALA
- 14 Filmmaker DuVernay AVA
- 15 Mixture of water and dirt MUD
- 16 Where a bull may cause mayhem, in an idiom CHINASHOP
- 19 Hasbro game with forbidden words TABOO
- 20 Undue rush HASTE
- 22 Burden ONUS
- 23 Travel by boat SAIL
- 24 Center of an olive PIT
- 25 Cry a river SOB
- 26 Summer cooler, for short AC
- 27 What “I wish I could swing it” means, more tersely NO
- 28 Molten rock (below the earth) MAGMA
Down
- 1 Many a craft brew IPA
- 2 With 8-Down, earth-shattering event depicted in this puzzle? VOLCANIC
- 3 “That may be the case, however …” YEAHBUT
- 4 Instrument played by Axl Rose on Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” PIANO
- 5 Molten rock (above the earth) LAVA
- 6 Huge hit SMASH
- 7 Triangular pastries with savory fillings SAMOSAS
- 8 See 2-Down ERUPTION
- 9 Not Tue.-day, but tomorrow? WED
- 17 What most Apple devices run on IOS
- 18 ___-been (washed-up star) HAS
- 19 November birthstone TOPAZ
- 21 “Funny bone” body part ELBOW
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