The NYT Midi Crossword October 4, 2026 puzzle by Paolo Pasco is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 “Paul Blart: ___ Cop” MALL
- 5 Desert occupying most of its namesake peninsula in southwest Asia ARABIAN
- 8 Shuffling MIXINGUP
- 10 Best of the best ELITE
- 11 Meat in a Denver omelet HAM
- 13 Original Super Mario Bros. console NES
- 14 Rage FUROR
- 16 Desert covering much of Botswana KALAHARI
- 19 Add, as someone who wasn’t originally part of a photo EDITIN
- 21 Cul-de-___ SAC
- 22 Seducing LURING
- 23 “Great job, toreador!” OLE
- 24 Non-shiny lipstick options MATTES
- 25 “Acid” LSD
Down
- 1 Ankle-covering garment MAXISKIRT
- 2 Kind of ABIT
- 3 Queue LINE
- 4 Slow Wi-Fi annoyance LAG
- 5 Prayer-ending word AMEN
- 6 Agitate, with “up” RILE
- 7 Childish “That’s not true!” NUHUH
- 9 Shade-providing umbrella PARASOL
- 12 Lessons learned from fables MORALS
- 14 Plastic parts of a vampire costume FANGS
- 15 Chopped finely, as cauliflower RICED
- 17 Working hard ATIT
- 18 Word shouted by a forgetful actor LINE
- 19 Shade-providing tree ELM
- 20 “Dance the Night” singer ___ Lipa DUA
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