The NYT Midi Crossword April 13, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Probing boxing punch JAB
- 4 ___ vu (eerily familiar feeling) DEJA
- 8 Radio journalist Shapiro ARI
- 9 GREEN ___ (SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER) BERET
- 10 Pack animal of the Himalayas YAK
- 11 Put up with ABIDE
- 12 ___ BABIES (FAD TOYS IN THE 1990S) BEANIE
- 14 Sound of a water balloon hitting the ground SPLAT
- 15 What 9- and 12-Across are, collectively (in two ways!) ALLCAPS
- 19 April 13th, for one DATE
- 21 Trojan War hero whose name would total 18 points in Scrabble (if it were a legal word) AJAX
- 22 Sore all over ACHY
- 23 Bad things to use as hand towels at a fancy dinner party RAGS
- 24 Clutter MESS
- 25 Sketched DREW
Down
- 1 Blue-winged bird JAY
- 2 Many Omanis and Yemenis ARABS
- 3 Trails dedicated to cyclists BIKEPATHS
- 4 Visa or Discover offering DEBITCARD
- 5 One of the Great Lakes ERIE
- 6 “The West Wing” president Bartlet JED
- 7 Had a nosh ATE
- 9 Hackneyed BANAL
- 13 Back streets ALLEYS
- 16 Slightly open, as a door AJAR
- 17 Contact via a P.A. system, say PAGE
- 18 Annual Austin multimedia festival, in brief SXSW
- 19 Beaver’s construction DAM
- 20 ___ up one’s sleeve ACE
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