The NYT Midi Crossword April 30, 2026 puzzle by Hanh Huynh is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Not so bright DIM
- 4 Snatch NAB
- 7 Orangutans and gibbons APES
- 9 A long time ___ AGO
- 10 “Really, ya think?!” NODUH
- 12 Place for an after-dinner nap, perhaps DEN
- 13 Appointing NAMING
- 15 Backyard projectiles whose sales weren’t banned until the late 1980s LAWNDARTS
- 18 Apt rhyme for “appoint” ANOINT
- 19 Crowd response at a rally to “When do we want it?” NOW
- 20 Circus structures TENTS
- 24 Beats by ___ (headphones brand) DRE
- 25 ___ up the sun (get a 22-Down) SOAK
- 26 Feeling blue SAD
- 27 Double-helix material whose “permutations” are seen in this puzzle’s circled letters DNA
Down
- 1 Actor Aykroyd DAN
- 2 Stock debut for a company, for short IPO
- 3 Size between large and small: Abbr. MED
- 4 Low point NADIR
- 5 Job managing talent AGENT
- 6 Hit products? BONGS
- 8 Largest branch of Islam SUNNI
- 11 “If You ___ Been There” (2025 Dolly Parton tribute song) HADNT
- 14 Aussie buddies MATES
- 15 Connects, in a boxing ring LANDS
- 16 Best Picture winner of the 2025 Oscars ANORA
- 17 Really impressed WOWED
- 21 Acknowledge with a head movement NOD
- 22 See 25-Across TAN
- 23 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre SKA
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