The NYT Midi Crossword May 8, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Arizona city named for a geological formation MESA
- 5 Holders of squid ink SACS
- 9 Mastercard rival, familiarly AMEX
- 10 Sound of a hoof CLOP
- 11 Segment of a window PANE
- 12 ___ Shawkat, actress who played Maeby Fünke on “Arrested Development” ALIA
- 13 Family member, informally SIS
- 14 Texter’s “Are you for real?!” SRSLY
- 15 Café con ___ LECHE
- 17 Like a Bluetooth device that’s close enough, say INRANGE
- 21 Alternative to J.F.K. and LaGuardia NEWARK
- 22 Journalist Couric KATIE
- 23 “You betcha!” YEP
Down
- 1 Guides kept in glove boxes MAPS
- 2 Spam folder accumulation EMAIL
- 3 Martial arts instructor SENSEI
- 4 “The Shining” prop that sold for more than $200,000 at a 2019 auction AXE
- 5 Frighten off SCAREAWAY
- 6 “___ well that ends well!” ALLS
- 7 This puzzle’s circled letters, e.g. COIL
- 8 Neuter SPAY
- 14 Film character who says “There’s a lot more to ogres than people think” SHREK
- 16 Kaitlan Collins’s employer CNN
- 18 Comedian Bargatze NATE
- 19 One end of a golf club GRIP
- 20 ___ out a win (narrowly prevail) EKE
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