The NYT Midi Crossword April 20, 2026 puzzle by Tarun Krishnamurthy is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Parking area LOT
- 4 Australian birds hunted by dingoes EMUS
- 8 Chapter in history ERA
- 9 Something rehabilitated by a P.R. firm, maybe IMAGE
- 10 Chilled chocolatey coffee drink ICEDMOCHA
- 12 Just slightly ABIT
- 13 Midwest city where the Reuben sandwich was supposedly invented OMAHA
- 16 Unconventional sexual desire KINK
- 18 “Darn tootin’!” YOUBETCHA
- 23 “What a bummer!” AWMAN
- 24 Sombrero or fedora HAT
- 25 Didn’t discard KEPT
- 26 Common typo for an exclamation point, at a computer ONE
Down
- 1 Luau garland LEI
- 2 Apex predator of the ocean ORCA
- 3 1990s karate-like fitness fad TAEBO
- 4 Moody music genre EMO
- 5 Computer described by Steve Jobs as “free intellectual energy” MAC
- 6 “Blech!” UGH
- 7 Domain of SpongeBob SquarePants SEA
- 9 Polite rejection at a dance IMTAKEN
- 11 Not too bright DIM
- 14 Smashing success HIT
- 15 Dried poblano pepper ANCHO
- 17 Shere ___ (villainous tiger in “The Jungle Book”) KHAN
- 18 Tibetan beast YAK
- 19 Get a Venmo request, say OWE
- 20 Baseball official UMP
- 21 Cricket need BAT
- 22 Performed amazingly, in modern slang ATE
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