The NYT Midi Crossword August 9, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Utters SAYS
- 5 Treats, as a sprained ankle ICES
- 9 Wilson of “Wedding Crashers” OWEN
- 10 Anxiety about skipping a party, for short FOMO
- 11 Pumpkin carving season FALL
- 12 “___ a Fun Age” (2019 best-selling book) SUCH
- 13 Up to, informally TIL
- 14 Keanu Reeves’s role in “The Matrix” NEO
- 15 How herbs and spices may be added, in a recipe TOTASTE
- 19 Modern rock band fronted by Jeff Tweedy WILCO
- 20 Regional qualifying tournament … or a hint to the furniture seen twice in this puzzle? SECTIONAL
- 24 Track shape OVAL
- 25 Italian city with an attraction tilted like this clue’s letters PISA
- 26 Term of endearment akin to “sweetie” BABE
- 27 Digital marketplace for crafters ETSY
Down
- 1 Word before launch or taco SOFT
- 2 Look forward to AWAIT
- 3 Part of a pickup line in New York? YELLOWCAB
- 4 The letters missing from comedy actor “Adam _a_d_er,” fittingly SNL
- 5 Hypotheticals IFS
- 6 “For sure!” COUNTONIT
- 7 Awards show host EMCEE
- 8 Manhattan neighborhood near Greenwich Village SOHO
- 16 This puzzle’s is “Take the L” TITLE
- 17 Boxer Muhammad ALI
- 18 Listerine rival SCOPE
- 20 Weep SOB
- 21 Actress Longoria EVA
- 22 Pompous sort ASS
- 23 Set (down) LAY
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