The NYT Midi Crossword June 30, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 South Florida law force, for short [1, 3, 5, 7] MIAMIPD
- 8 Hairstyle that might cover a bald spot COMBOVER
- 9 Budget-friendly rosé or white, perhaps HOUSEWINE
- 10 Actor Stiller BEN
- 11 Liverpool’s land: Abbr. ENG
- 12 Miscellaneous tasks … or a description of the circled letters (think numerically!) ODDJOBS
- 16 Small battery AAA
- 17 Forest animal with the scientific name Ursus americanus [1, 3, 5, 7, 9] BLACKBEAR
- 23 Speak reasonably TALKSENSE
- 24 Sorrows WOES
- 25 Dear old ___ DAD
Down
- 1 Where a pitcher pitches from MOUND
- 2 Some online chats, for short IMS
- 3 Pres. Lincoln ABE
- 4 Cut the grass MOW
- 5 Princeton, Dartmouth and 6-Down, etc. IVIES
- 6 Philadelphia school founded in 1740, familiarly PENN
- 7 Bottom-of-the-bottle leftover DREG
- 8 Like some intramural sports teams COED
- 9 Network for “The White Lotus” and “Euphoria” HBO
- 13 Ten toppers, in cards JACKS
- 14 Acorn-dropping trees OAKS
- 15 ___ in the woods BABE
- 17 “Oh, one more thing you should know …,” in a text BTW
- 18 Language similar to Thai LAO
- 19 Pub pint ALE
- 20 Where in the storyline a nonlinear movie might start END
- 21 Clean ___ whistle ASA
- 22 The “R” in Roy G. Biv RED
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