The NYT Midi Crossword September 22, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Kind of salad with bacon and eggs COBB
- 5 Tally up ADD
- 8 Trains, in toddler-speak CHOOCHOOS
- 11 One-named singer with the 2024 #1 hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” SHABOOZEY
- 12 Pan handlers? BAKERS
- 13 Princess in “The Little Mermaid” ARIEL
- 16 “Spring forward” clock setting: Abbr. DST
- 17 With 20-Across, hidden key to success … or what’s inside 8- and 11-Across? SECRET
- 19 “Without further ___ …” ADO
- 20 See 17-Across SAUCE
- 24 Mafia boss DON
- 25 One of 40(!) a day supposedly smoked by Mark Twain CIGAR
- 26 Really rude person ASS
- 27 Make extremely happy ELATE
Down
- 1 Includes on an email thread CCS
- 2 “NOW that makes sense!” OHH
- 3 Feathery wrap BOA
- 4 Buoyant attachment on a fishing line BOBBER
- 5 “Yes … that makes sense” AHOK
- 6 Took a nap DOZED
- 7 People of action DOERS
- 9 Come together COALESCE
- 10 The “S” of GPS: Abbr. SYST
- 13 Carne ___ ASADA
- 14 Take twos REDOS
- 15 Images on a touchscreen ICONS
- 18 Where a scorpion’s stinger is located TAIL
- 21 Football powerhouse in the Peach State, for short UGA
- 22 Scratching post user CAT
- 23 “Able was I ___ I saw Elba” (classic palindrome) ERE
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.