The NYT Midi Crossword April 8, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Members of the fam SIBS
- 5 Sticks (out) JUTS
- 9 Hip-hop subgenre with layered synths TRAP
- 10 Food that comes in uramaki and futomaki varieties SUSHI
- 11 Difficulty level 1: Bruce Springsteen’s E ___ Band EASYSTREET
- 13 Had a bite ATE
- 14 Kung ___ chicken PAO
- 15 Difficulty level 2: Like a blue moon or $2 bill MEDIUMRARE
- 20 Opposite of SSW NNE
- 21 Berkeley school, informally CAL
- 22 Difficulty level 3: Criticizes HARDKNOCKS
- 26 Instrument with only one consonant in its name OBOE
- 27 Shopping binge SPREE
- 28 Demographic group between Boomers and Millennials GENX
- 29 Itsy-bitsy amount TAD
Down
- 1 Teakettle emanation STEAM
- 2 So, so mad IRATE
- 3 ___ on a true story BASED
- 4 Intelligence gatherer SPY
- 5 One of 12 in a certain box JUROR
- 6 Application USE
- 7 Part of BTW or FTW THE
- 8 Command to a dog SIT
- 10 Pollen holders in flowers STAMENS
- 12 Vivacious spirit SPUNK
- 16 The S&P 500, e.g. INDEX
- 17 Capital of Ghana ACCRA
- 18 Made leaf piles in the grass RAKED
- 19 Alternatively ELSE
- 22 Not share, as blankets HOG
- 23 Only U.S. president born in Kentucky, familiarly ABE
- 24 ___ Swanson, cranky boss on “Parks and Recreation” RON
- 25 Choose OPT
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