NYT Midi Crossword October 20, 2025 Answers (10/20/25)

Our NYT Midi Crossword October 20, 2025 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 October 20, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Midi Crossword on 10/20/25, 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	Sharp part of a wire fence
5A	Forensic show with four spinoffs
8A	"I would love to!"
11A	App that includes "Rides" and "Eats" tabs
12A	Growing uncontrollably, as inflation
14A	Look amazing, in modern slang
15A	Wide open area
16A	Daily newspaper in Miami and Boston
18A	Daybreak
19A	Element after fluorine on the periodic table
21A	"Little white" things
22A	Brown, fizzy drinks
25A	___-backwards
27A	Passionate, as a die-hard fan
28A	Daily food allowance
31A	Figure comprised of zeroes and ones … or, in multiple senses, a feature of the starred clues?
34A	Deficiency of red blood cells
35A	"N Is for ___" (Sue Grafton novel)
36A	Bit of classroom instruction
37A	Some simple fishing gear
1D	Beat around the ___
2D	Up to the assignment
3D	Raise, as a child
4D	*Musician with the 1985 hit "Summer of '1000101"?
5D	Words to live by
6D	Jazz instrument commonly shortened to its first three letters
7D	Little rascals
8D	One-named Greek New Age artist
9D	Occur next
10D	There are 1,860 in the Empire State Building
13D	*Musician with the 1975 hit "110010 Ways to Leave Your Lover"?
17D	"___ Misérables"
20D	Indian bread with a palindromic name
22D	Group of schemers
23D	Sheep-related
24D	What T.S.A. PreCheck helps people bypass
26D	Daze
28D	Actor Gosling
29D	Instrument with a vowel-heavy name
30D	Where birds of a feather flock together?
32D	___ de Janeiro, Brazil
33D	Hi-___ image

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.