The NYT Midi Crossword August 16, 2026 puzzle by Kareem Ayas is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Tree that produces acorns OAK
- 4 Bio or chem, e.g. SCI
- 7 Gooey vegetable in bhindi masala OKRA
- 8 Stale and old OLD
- 9 Like the tops of ceiling fan blades, often DUSTY
- 10 Animal with a pouch, for short ROO
- 11 Like fire … or someone who is “on fire” HOT
- 12 Once more ANEW
- 14 Inflated senses of self EGOS
- 16 Pottery ovens KILNS
- 18 Sounds from a 5-Down … and from the noses inside a 5-Down HONKS
- 20 Filing cabinet securer LOCK
- 21 “In memoriam” story OBIT
- 22 Declare SAY
- 23 Rx regulator FDA
- 24 ___ echelon UPPER
- 27 Flowery necklace LEI
- 28 Tie to a dock MOOR
- 29 Web address, for short URL
- 30 Dessert on the faces inside a 5-Down, maybe PIE
Down
- 1 Approvals OKS
- 2 Making balloon animals or juggling, to some ART
- 3 Online travel company named after a boat KAYAK
- 4 One with poor sportsmanship SORELOSER
- 5 What a pair of jokers might be found in the back of? … and a hint to this puzzle’s theme CLOWNCAR
- 6 Words followed by a kiss IDO
- 7 Temporarily released from custody, perhaps OUTONBAIL
- 9 Altruistic person DOGOODER
- 11 “That’s mildly funny” HEH
- 13 0, in soccer lingo NIL
- 15 Glide down a snowy mountain SKI
- 17 Blue expanse SKY
- 19 Truncated trunk STUMP
- 23 ___ shot (seasonal vaccination) FLU
- 25 Hawaiian food that’s a paste made from taro root POI
- 26 “The Masque of the Red Death” author POE
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