The NYT Midi Crossword October 7, 2026 puzzle by Nate Cardin is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Up to, informally TIL
- 4 Surfaces on which tabletop games are often played BOARDS
- 10 “That’s gonna be ___ from me, dawg” (much-memed Randy Jackson catchphrase from “American Idol”) ANO
- 11 Not hip in the slightest UNCOOL
- 12 Engine failure or low tire pressure CARTROUBLE
- 14 Broadcasting live ONAIR
- 15 Angry, with “off” TEED
- 16 Topic for many Cosmo or Maxim stories SEXLIFE
- 18 Letter that comes between (and rhymes with) zeta and theta ETA
- 19 Drenched WET
- 22 “Please accept my apology!” IAMSOSORRY
- 26 DVD player predecessor VCR
- 27 365 days in a row solving Wordle, e.g. STREAK
- 28 “Absolutely!” YES
- 29 Taste or touch SENSE
Down
- 1 Mexican food in hard shells TACOS
- 2 Nonsensical INANE
- 3 “I speak for the trees” Dr. Seuss character LORAX
- 4 Mexican food in soft shells BURRITOS
- 5 Peace activist Yoko ONO
- 6 Less than 90° ACUTE
- 7 Judge’s garment ROBE
- 8 Big name in pineapples DOLE
- 9 Iditarod vehicle SLED
- 13 Mahjong pieces TILES
- 17 Refrains from eating FASTS
- 19 Little brown songbird WREN
- 20 The ___ Tour (Taylor Swift concert series) ERAS
- 21 Little one that rides (and rhymes with) a trike TYKE
- 22 Dartmouth or Brown IVY
- 23 Versatile blackjack card ACE
- 24 “The Marvelous ___ Maisel” MRS
- 25 Resource in Minecraft ORE
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