The NYT Midi Crossword September 11, 2026 puzzle by Nate Cardin is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 “The Gift of the ___” MAGI
- 5 Grocery shopper’s memory aid LIST
- 9 Plow-pulling animals OXEN
- 10 Things to do TASKS
- 11 Banning books or limiting free speech, for example CENSORSHIP
- 13 Not disturb, as sleeping dogs LETLIE
- 14 “So cute!,” cutesily ADORBS
- 17 Public relations concern IMAGE
- 20 Red vegetable in borscht BEET
- 22 Promotes an album in many arenas, say TOURS
- 23 French fashion magazine ELLE
- 24 Conclude by ENDAT
- 25 ___ mater ALMA
- 26 Seriously wound MAIM
- 27 Palindromic term of address MAAM
Down
- 1 Comfy shoe, for short MOC
- 2 Figure skating jump AXEL
- 3 Basic unit of heredity GENE
- 4 App often shortened to its first five letters INSTAGRAM
- 5 Glowing obstacle in some heist movies LASERBEAM
- 6 “Sorta” suffix ISH
- 7 Hit the slopes SKI
- 8 Baker’s measure: Abbr. TSP
- 10 Threesome TRIO
- 12 Firstborn OLDEST
- 15 Protagonist in the “Twilight” series BELLA
- 16 Alabama city in civil rights history SELMA
- 17 One object … or two celebrities? ITEM
- 18 ___ Lisa Vito, iconic character played by Marisa Tomei in “My Cousin Vinny” MONA
- 19 Automaker with a four-ring logo AUDI
- 21 There’s no “I” in it, so they say TEAM
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