The NYT Midi Crossword April 15, 2026 puzzle by Aaron Gee and Avery Gee Katz is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Fish-and-chips fish COD
- 4 Cover-up for a bad hair day, perhaps HAT
- 7 Whac-A-___ (classic arcade game) MOLE
- 8 Outrage IRE
- 9 Ant-eating mammals that are more closely related to elephants than anteaters AARDVARKS
- 11 North Carolina fort with a boastful-sounding name BRAGG
- 12 Sunset’s direction WEST
- 13 “Winnie-the-Pooh” author AAMILNE
- 15 Muscles strengthened when doing a bicycle crunch ABS
- 16 Lots and lots OODLES
- 20 The “A” of E.T.A.: Abbr. ARR
- 21 Provider of a 28-Across AAA
- 22 Exclamation while scooping up a fallen toddler OOPSYDAISY
- 26 Wand for a magician, e.g. PROP
- 27 Parts of archipelagos ISLES
- 28 Need for a stranded car TOW
- 29 Country between Libya and the Central African Republic CHAD
Down
- 1 Dog breed favored by Queen Elizabeth II CORGI
- 2 Nickname for the U.S. flag OLDGLORY
- 3 App builder, informally DEV
- 4 Result of a successful interview, perhaps HIRE
- 5 Big boats ARKS
- 6 Reason to get a Scantron or Blue Book TEST
- 7 Sirs’ counterparts MAAMS
- 9 The “A” of U.A.E. ARAB
- 10 Truly amazed AWED
- 11 Ewe can say that again! BAA
- 14 Like Swedes and Finns NORDIC
- 17 Ali of boxing LAILA
- 18 Let up, as rain EASED
- 19 “Nothing is impossible, the word itself ___ ‘I’m possible’!”: Audrey Hepburn SAYS
- 20 Snake associated with Egyptian royalty ASP
- 22 Choose OPT
- 23 Gold, in Spanish ORO
- 24 Fresh fluffy snow, familiarly POW
- 25 Pokémon protagonist ___ Ketchum ASH
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