The NYT Midi Crossword September 24, 2026 puzzle by Aaron Gee and Avery Gee Katz is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Sound effect for a cloud of smoke POOF
- 5 Place to take a bath TUB
- 8 Ctrl+Z, on a PC UNDO
- 9 Ready to take a bath NUDE
- 10 ___ pressure PEER
- 11 Boarding school attended by about a third of British P.M.s ETON
- 12 Prohibit from flying, as a pilot or plane GROUND
- 14 Fracas MELEE
- 17 E.P.A. pollution measure: Abbr. AQI
- 18 Conflict within a friend group, say DRAMA
- 23 Part of a sound system that might shake a car SUBWOOFER
- 25 Actress Reid of “Sharknado” TARA
- 26 Performatively cultured ARTY
- 27 Kill it, slangily SLAY
- 28 Civil rights activist Parks ROSA
Down
- 1 Baby shark PUP
- 2 Soul mate, with “the” ONE
- 3 Poetic praise ODE
- 4 Falsify, as a signature FORGE
- 5 Ballerina attire TUTU
- 6 Thick Japanese noodle UDON
- 7 ___ the knee (submit to a dominant ruler) BEND
- 9 “The Matrix” hero NEO
- 13 Ctrl+Y, on a PC REDO
- 14 Long poles on ships MASTS
- 15 “All things being ___ …” EQUAL
- 16 Zodiac sign after Virgo LIBRA
- 19 Sound made by a lion ROAR
- 20 Rounded hairstyle AFRO
- 21 New York team whose mascots each have a baseball for a head METS
- 22 Stark daughter with supposed “wolf blood,” in “A Game of Thrones” ARYA
- 24 One-___ street WAY
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.