The NYT Midi Crossword July 3, 2026 puzzle by Adrianne Baik is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Urban air pollution SMOG
- 5 Double-helix material DNA
- 8 Wake-up call ALARM
- 9 Necklace or bracelet bit BEAD
- 10 Appropriate fashion choice for a truck driver? CARGOPANTS
- 12 Computer key diagonally adjacent to 1 ESC
- 13 Weary feeling ENNUI
- 14 Appropriate fashion choice for a basketball player? HOOPSKIRT
- 17 Segment of a tennis match SET
- 18 Go out with SEE
- 19 Appropriate fashion choice for a farmer? CROPTOP
- 23 “___ quite welcome!” YOURE
- 24 Unit of food that may come pre-sliced LOAF
- 28 Adjust, as clothes ALTER
- 29 Strong desire URGE
- 30 Like an enjoyer of tea? NOSY
- 31 [Pet me!] MEOW
Down
- 1 / SLASH
- 2 Name shouted in a classic pool game MARCO
- 3 Nonprofit’s URL ender ORG
- 4 Non-___ (label on some organic foods) GMO
- 5 Quaid of Hollywood DENNIS
- 6 It “always wears the colors of the spirit,” per Ralph Waldo Emerson NATURE
- 7 Pop-up blocker target ADSITE
- 8 Go 10 for 10 on, say ACE
- 9 Wells Fargo, for one BANK
- 11 Sauce that pairs well with gnocchi PESTO
- 15 Fish-eating raptor OSPREY
- 16 ___ Pan PETER
- 19 Greenish-blue shade CYAN
- 20 Caramel-filled candy ROLO
- 21 Convenient excuses OUTS
- 22 Purple shade PLUM
- 25 Rock used to craft tools in Minecraft ORE
- 26 In the past AGO
- 27 Not very many FEW
MINI Clues are grouped in the order they appeared in the puzzle and If the answers above do not solve a specific clue just open the clue link and it will show you all the possible solutions that we have for that clue.