NYT Midi Crossword May 9, 2026 Answers (5/9/26)

Our NYT Midi Crossword May 9, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The New York Times Midi Crossword is a medium sized version of the paper’s famous mini and daily crossword puzzle. The midi crossword is just as challenging as its bigger counterpart, but with fewer clues and a medium grid.

NYT Midi Crossword May 9, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Midi Crossword on 5/9/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

#	Clue
1A	Hunchbacked creatures in "The Lord of the Rings"
5A	"Delicious!"
8A	___ 66 (iconic 2,278-mile highway)
10A	Clickable greeting in an inbox
13A	Pull out all the stops
14A	Green gunk in a fish tank
15A	"Very grateful for your help!"
17A	Student's stat
18A	Exclamation that aptly rhymes with "shriek"
19A	"I'll get this meal"
22A	Day, in Spanish
24A	Timeworn
25A	Statements that lack substance ... or, when read phonetically, a description of the spoken phrases at 15- and 19-Across?
29A	Absolute ___ (operation represented by |x|)
30A	Prongs of a fork or a kalimba
33A	Segment of a movie
34A	Rechargeable two-wheeled vehicle
35A	Where a 33-Across might be filmed
36A	Dish like gumbo
1D	Alternative to .com or .net
2D	Hotel unit
3D	Big cigar-exporting nation
4D	Unwilling to spend much
5D	"Uh-huh"
6D	Sch. near Hollywood
7D	Calendar holder on a refrigerator
9D	Cairo's country
11D	Tool for collecting fallen leaves
12D	A student might be assigned one in a classroom
16D	Fortuneteller's card deck
19D	Trees that are sources of syrup
20D	Make super happy
21D	Lines not in the script
22D	Software coders, informally
23D	Powerful Apple computer
26D	Something to whistle or hum
27D	Forcefully throw, in modern lingo
28D	Work with needles and yarn
31D	Barely manage, with "out"
32D	Work with needle and thread

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If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT Crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.