We are sharing here all answers for NY Times The Midi Crossword on April 8, 2026. Scroll down and find them below.
ACROSS
1A. Members of the fam → SIBS
5A. Sticks (out) → JUTS
9A. Hip-hop subgenre with layered synths → TRAP
10A. Food that comes in uramaki and futomaki varieties → SUSHI
11A. Difficulty level 1: Bruce Springsteen’s E ___ Band → EASY STREET
13A. Had a bite → ATE
14A. Kung ___ chicken → PAO
15A. Difficulty level 2: Like a blue moon or $2 bill → MEDIUM RARE
20A. Opposite of SSW → NNE
21A. Berkeley school, informally → CAL
22A. Difficulty level 3: Criticizes → HARD KNOCKS
26A. Instrument with only one consonant in its name → OBOE
27A. Shopping binge → SPREE
28A. Demographic group between Boomers and Millennials → GEN X
29A. Itsy-bitsy amount → TAD
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1D. Teakettle emanation → STEAM
2D. So, so mad → IRATE
3D. ___ on a true story → BASED
4D. Intelligence gatherer → SPY
5D. One of 12 in a certain box → JUROR
6D. Application → USE
7D. Part of BTW or FTW → THE
8D. Command to a dog → SIT
10D. Pollen holders in flowers → STAMENS
12D. Vivacious spirit → SPUNK
16D. The S&P 500, e.g. → INDEX
17D. Capital of Ghana → ACCRA
18D. Made leaf piles in the grass → RAKED
19D. Alternatively → ELSE
22D. Not share, as blankets → HOG
23D. Only U.S. president born in Kentucky, familiarly → ABE
24D. ___ Swanson, cranky boss on “Parks and Recreation” → RON
25D. Choose → OPT