Looking for Friday's Midi hints and answers? You can find them here:
New Midi puzzle today without any sort of crazy shenanigans like we saw yesterday. Does that make it easier? Not really.
What Is The NYT Midi Crossword?
The NYT Midi Crossword (play it here) sits directly between the very small NYT Mini Crossword and the main NYT Crossword. While the Mini is often viewed as a speed challenge, the Midi is hard enough that speed runs will be less of a factor. It's small enough that it won't take an entire afternoon to solve.
The Midi Crossword is being spearheaded by NYT Games Puzzle Editor, Ian Livengood, who also works on Pips. He will write about three Midi Crosswords a week, with other constructors filling in on the other four.
The NYT Midi Crossword is different in a few key ways beyond just size.
- The Midi will be between 9x9 and 11x11 squares each day, and unlike the other NYT Crosswords, won't vary by difficulty each day.
- The Midi will have themes every day. For instance, a theme could be "Food for Thought" and several of the clues will be food-related (or food-and-thought related). This theme also serves as the title of each puzzle, which the other Crosswords do not have, similar to how Strands have themes/titles each day.
- The NYT Midi Crossword will play around with format, using interesting designs that are asymmetrical and could tie into the daily theme, such as a heart-shaped Crossword. About once a week, the Midi will have some kind of visual flourish.
- Some Midi Crosswords will include 2-letter words and repeating answers, which you won't see in traditional Crosswords.
How To Solve Today's NYT Midi Crossword
Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle.
ACROSS
- 1) Opposite of "shall," in old-fashioned writing - SHANT
- 6) Messaging service with more than three billion active monthly users - WHATSAPP
- 9) Sent by plane - AIRMAILED
- 11) High school divisions: Abbr. - YRS
- 12) Nickname for singer Grande - ARI
- 13) P-ending approval? - THUMBSUP
- 17) British baby carriage - PRAM
- 18) L-ending support? - PEDESTAL
- 22) "Let's do it!" - IMIN
- 23) Datum for a rideshare service, for short - ETA
- 24) Signaled - CUED
- 25) Netflix offering in a red envelope, until 2023 - DVD
DOWN
- 1) T or V-neck - SHIRT
- 2) Like the feedback in YouTube comments, often - HARSH
- 3) Bill-dispensing fixture, for short - ATM
- 4) Code-breaking grp. - NSA
- 5) ___ chi (martial art) - TAI
- 6) Route - WAY
- 7) V-ending machine? - PLASMATV
- 8) Country where the Amazon River originates - PERU
- 10) One of the five D's of dodgeball, in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" - DIP
- 14) Turn over - UPEND
- 15) "The Marvelous ___ Maisel" - MRS
- 16) With ___ breath - BATED
- 18) Something snapped with a phone - PIC
- 19) Big bird that can't fly - EMU
- 20) Run out of juice, as a phone - DIE
- 21) Young boy - LAD
Glad to see that my Dodgeball knowledge is coming in handy, as only one word fits in that space and it is not DIVE or DODGE. I also forgot that Netflix used to literally mail DVDs to you, which is adorable in hindsight. Who knew what they would become today? Speaking of Whatsapp, Facebook, stop asking me if I want to attach a Whatsapp button to anything I post there, thank you.
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