The NYT Midi Crossword April 6, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Period of quick development SPURT
- 6 They “don’t lie,” in a Shakira hit song HIPS
- 10 Origin of the words “mongoose” and “cheetah” HINDI
- 11 Blue-green hue AQUA
- 12 American living abroad, e.g. EXPAT
- 13 “___ with my little eye …” ISPY
- 14 Oft-depicted animal on honey jars BEE
- 15 Query ASK
- 17 Origin of the words “woodchuck” and “moose” ALGONQUIAN
- 22 Sch. with a Shreveport campus LSU
- 23 ___ Cup (in-season hoops tourney) NBA
- 24 Filled with wonder AWED
- 27 Freeze over, as a walkway ICEUP
- 29 Area worked by crunches CORE
- 30 Origin of the words “walrus” and “reindeer” NORSE
- 31 Drop running down a cheek TEAR
- 32 “Oh, for sure!,” in slang TOTES
Down
- 1 Queen of ___ (biblical visitor of King Solomon) SHEBA
- 2 Computer screen dot PIXEL
- 3 Remove, as from a fixed currency rate UNPEG
- 4 Dietary guide on a food label: Abbr. RDA
- 5 Tennessee footballers TITANS
- 6 Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 pattern HAIKU
- 7 Eggheads have high ones, for short IQS
- 8 Baby dog PUP
- 9 “___ cheese!” SAY
- 16 Look at the teeny tiny bottom row of an eye chart, say SQUINT
- 18 Like the Tang dynasty vis-à-vis the Ming dynasty OLDER
- 19 Unreactive, chemically INERT
- 20 Treat badly ABUSE
- 21 Scruffs of the neck NAPES
- 24 Participate in a play ACT
- 25 Sorrowful state WOE
- 26 Contemporary ___ (what we’re living in now) ERA
- 28 Dove’s gentle call COO
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