We are sharing here all answers for NY Times The Midi Crossword on April 20, 2026. Scroll down and find them below.
ACROSS
1A. Parking area → LOT
4A. Australian birds hunted by dingoes → EMUS
8A. Chapter in history → ERA
9A. Something rehabilitated by a P.R. firm, maybe → IMAGE
10A. Chilled chocolate coffee drink → ICED MOCHA
12A. Just slightly → A BIT
13A. Midwest city where the Reuben sandwich was supposedly invented → OMAHA
16A. Unconventional sexual desire → KINK
18A. “Darn tootin’!” → YOUBETCHA
23A. “What a bummer!” → AW MAN
24A. Sombrero or fedora → HAT
25A. Didn’t discard → KEPT
26A. Common typo for an exclamation point, at a computer → ONE
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1D. Luau garland → LEI
2D. Apex predator of the ocean → ORCA
3D. 1990s karate-like fitness fad → TAE BO
4D. Moody music genre → EMO
5D. Computer described by Steve Jobs as “free intellectual energy” → MAC
6D. “Blech!” → UGH
7D. Domain of SpongeBob SquarePants → SEA
9D. Polite rejection at a dance → IMTAKEN
11D. Not too bright → DIM
14D. Smashing success → HIT
15D. Dried poblano pepper → ANCHO
17D. Shere ___ (villainous tiger in “The Jungle Book”) → KHAN
18D. Tibetan beast → YAK
19D. Get a Venmo request, say → OWE
20D. Baseball official → UMP
21D. Cricket need → BAT
22D. Performed amazingly, in modern slang → ATE