The NYT Midi Crossword August 13, 2026 puzzle by Andy Kravis is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Music genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones SKA
- 4 “The Good Wife” channel CBS
- 7 Includes on an email thread CCS
- 10 Prepare to throw a dart AIM
- 11 “Could you repeat that?” HUH
- 12 Pretend to be a kangaroo, say HOP
- 13 In Stockholm: “fisk” SWEDISHFISH
- 16 Spot of some congestion SINUS
- 17 Pinnacle ACME
- 18 World Cup official REF
- 20 Hum like an electric fan WHIR
- 21 In Rome: “ghiaccio” ITALIANICE
- 24 Condescending sort SNOB
- 25 Cleanup hitter’s stat RBI
- 26 “___ only take a minute” ITLL
- 27 Roadblocks SNAGS
- 31 In Athens: “Γιαούρτι” GREEKYOGURT
- 34 In a foul mood MAD
- 35 “What Was I Made ___?” (Billie Eilish song from “Barbie”) FOR
- 36 Oolong or darjeeling TEA
- 37 Emmy winner Edebiri AYO
- 38 Baby bear CUB
- 39 Hold the deed to OWN
Down
- 1 Back talk SASS
- 2 Egg-shaped (and egg-sized) fruit KIWI
- 3 “You said it!” AMEN
- 4 Ice sculptor’s tool CHISEL
- 5 Forrest Gump waits for one in “Forrest Gump” BUS
- 6 “Keep your voice down!” SHH
- 7 Ostentatiously fancy CHICHI
- 8 Incomprehensibly vast COSMIC
- 9 Basketball or baseball, but not football SPHERE
- 14 Long-lasting DURABLE
- 15 Excessively flattering, with “over” FAWNING
- 19 Relative of a spruce FIR
- 21 Spot for documents that need attention INTRAY
- 22 “Holy ___!” TOLEDO
- 23 Soak up ABSORB
- 24 Letter between rho and tau SIGMA
- 28 Prefix with -tune or -correct AUTO
- 29 Got bigger GREW
- 30 ___ Wawrinka, winner of three Grand Slam tournament titles STAN
- 32 “Finger lickin’ good” chain KFC
- 33 “Who are ___ to judge?” YOU
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