The NYT Midi Crossword March 31, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Hoped-for blackjack card ACE
- 4 Hershey’s Kiss wrappers FOILS
- 9 Not strict LAX
- 10 Winged figure in da Vinci’s “Annunciation” ANGEL
- 11 Network that lost the Oscar broadcast rights to YouTube, starting in 2029 [1-3] ABC
- 12 Airline with a mega-hub in Atlanta [4-5] DELTA
- 13 ___ before beauty AGE
- 15 Openly gay OUT
- 16 Soothing ointment [12-13] BALM
- 18 “Ain’t gonna happen” [14-16] NOPE
- 19 Wintertime hanger-on ICICLE
- 21 Spot for a bath TUB
- 22 Video game pioneer that created Pong ATARI
- 26 ___ Feiner, sports handicapper/media personality [19-21] STU
- 27 German-made “hippie-mobile,” for short [22-23] VWBUS
- 28 “Quit ___ yappin’!” YER
- 29 On the open ocean ATSEA
Down
- 1 ___ carte ALA
- 2 Certain red wine, informally CAB
- 3 King Arthur’s magical sword EXCALIBUR
- 4 Lessen in brightness FADE
- 5 41 – 23 – 17 = ? ONE
- 6 Big name in coolers IGLOO
- 7 Abate LETUP
- 8 Chalkboard material SLATE
- 14 Maker of the Sierra and Canyon pickup trucks GMC
- 16 Really small, informally BITSY
- 17 Less than 90°, as an angle ACUTE
- 18 Value on a cereal box label: Abbr. NETWT
- 20 The floor is ___ (kids’ game) LAVA
- 23 Sit-up muscles ABS
- 24 Regret RUE
- 25 “Patience ___ virtue” ISA
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