The NYT Midi Crossword September 25, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 A good one may come to you in the shower IDEA
- 5 Sport in an octagon, in brief MMA
- 8 Tater ___ TOTS
- 9 French ___ FRIES
- 11 Cole ___ SLAW
- 12 Baked ___ BEANS
- 13 Twist the truth LIE
- 14 Tech giant led by Arvind Krishna IBM
- 15 Drug also called acid LSD
- 17 Doesn’t feel so hot AILS
- 20 Unnecessary item for solving a digital-only crossword PEN
- 22 Industrial-sized container VAT
- 23 Parallel … or a description of the sets of shaded answers in this puzzle (in two ways!) SIDEBYSIDE
- 27 Grandma’s brother GREATUNCLE
- 28 Industrial-sized containers TANKS
- 29 Unwelcome look LEER
Down
- 1 The “I” of T.G.I.F. ITS
- 2 Cabbage Patch Kid, e.g. DOLL
- 3 Online commerce ETAIL
- 4 This very second ASWESPEAK
- 5 Classic ’80s cop show set in Florida MIAMIVICE
- 6 All Supreme Court justices until 1981 MEN
- 7 Animal that brays ASS
- 9 Org. featured on Netflix’s “Mindhunter” FBI
- 10 Country music star McEntire REBA
- 16 Unpaid bills, essentially DEBTS
- 18 Soup scooper LADLE
- 19 Take the wheel STEER
- 21 Big sch. in the Big Apple NYU
- 23 Drill instructor’s rank: Abbr. SGT
- 24 Lyricist Gershwin IRA
- 25 TV room DEN
- 26 Big TV show filmed in the Big Apple, for short SNL
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