The NYT Midi Crossword October 29, 2026 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Religious offshoot SECT
- 5 Propped open, say AJAR
- 9 Soccer legend born Edson Arantes do Nascimento PELE
- 10 Bob who lost to Clinton in 1996 DOLE
- 11 Dessert topped with caramel sauce FLAN
- 12 Not able to hear DEAF
- 13 Stitches up SEWS
- 15 Fusilli, farfalle or fregula PASTA
- 17 Closest bud, in brief BFF
- 20 “Bread” dispenser ATM
- 21 Like bread used to make stuffing STALE
- 23 Seasonal buildups kids may jump into … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters LEAFPILES
- 25 Online meeting button pushed when sneezing, perhaps MUTE
- 26 See 14-Down NEST
- 27 Zipped along SPED
- 28 One shade of gray ASH
Down
- 1 Beach bottle letters SPF
- 2 Slithery swimmer EEL
- 3 Research fellow? CLASSMATE
- 4 2020 Christopher Nolan film with a palindromic title TENET
- 5 Puts two and two together, say ADDS
- 6 QB Burrow JOE
- 7 Pie ___ mode ALA
- 8 Whistle blower REF
- 14 Insect that may live in a basketball-sized 26-Across WASP
- 15 Trees common in Miami’s South Beach neighborhood PALMS
- 16 Inhaled, so to speak ATEUP
- 17 Bundles of hay BALES
- 18 ___ and blood (kin) FLESH
- 19 Suffix with snooze or gab FEST
- 22 Actress Fey TINA
- 24 Org. headed by Kevin Warsh, with “the” FED
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