The NYT Midi Crossword May 9, 2026 puzzle by Sid Sivakumar is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Hunchbacked creatures in “The Lord of the Rings” ORCS
- 5 “Delicious!” YUM
- 8 ___ 66 (iconic 2,278-mile highway) ROUTE
- 10 Clickable greeting in an inbox ECARD
- 13 Pull out all the stops GOBIG
- 14 Green gunk in a fish tank ALGAE
- 15 “Very grateful for your help!” MANYTHANKS
- 17 Student’s stat GPA
- 18 Exclamation that aptly rhymes with “shriek” EEK
- 19 “I’ll get this meal” MYTREAT
- 22 Day, in Spanish DIA
- 24 Timeworn OLD
- 25 Statements that lack substance … or, when read phonetically, a description of the spoken phrases at 15- and 19-Across? EMPTYTALK
- 29 Absolute ___ (operation represented by |x|) VALUE
- 30 Prongs of a fork or a kalimba TINES
- 33 Segment of a movie SCENE
- 34 Rechargeable two-wheeled vehicle EBIKE
- 35 Where a 33-Across might be filmed SET
- 36 Dish like gumbo STEW
Down
- 1 Alternative to .com or .net ORG
- 2 Hotel unit ROOM
- 3 Big cigar-exporting nation CUBA
- 4 Unwilling to spend much STINGY
- 5 “Uh-huh” YEAH
- 6 Sch. near Hollywood UCLA
- 7 Calendar holder on a refrigerator MAGNET
- 9 Cairo’s country EGYPT
- 11 Tool for collecting fallen leaves RAKE
- 12 A student might be assigned one in a classroom DESK
- 16 Fortuneteller’s card deck TAROT
- 19 Trees that are sources of syrup MAPLES
- 20 Make super happy ELATE
- 21 Lines not in the script ADLIBS
- 22 Software coders, informally DEVS
- 23 Powerful Apple computer IMAC
- 26 Something to whistle or hum TUNE
- 27 Forcefully throw, in modern lingo YEET
- 28 Work with needles and yarn KNIT
- 31 Barely manage, with “out” EKE
- 32 Work with needle and thread SEW
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