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NYT Midi Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated August 20 2026

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Every answer from the Thursday, August 20 2026 New York Times Midi Crossword — the mid-size daily puzzle. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Nguhi Ross and Erik Agard · Edited by Ian Livengood

Across

1Breakfast food chain4 lettersSee answer ›5Big ___, Sesame Street resident with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame4 lettersSee answer ›9Magician's exclamation4 lettersSee answer ›10Smoothie bowl berry4 lettersSee answer ›11Mix, as soup4 lettersSee answer ›12Facial feature stroked when thinking, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›13Eating between lunch and dinner, say8 lettersSee answer ›15Barbell units: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›16"It's safe to enter"8 lettersSee answer ›21Neo-soul singer India.___4 lettersSee answer ›22Vocalist who might sing the middle part in a harmony4 lettersSee answer ›23Web programmer's code4 lettersSee answer ›24See 4-Down4 lettersSee answer ›25"Agreed," at sea3 lettersSee answer ›26"When I'm feeling ___, I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!" (lyric from "The Sound of Music")3 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1"___ the hard-knock life"3 lettersSee answer ›2Hard ___ (head protectors)4 lettersSee answer ›3Thor's dad4 lettersSee answer ›4With 24-Across, alone-together activity ... or a hint to the arrangement of this puzzle's circled letters8 lettersSee answer ›5Encouraging touches from teammates9 lettersSee answer ›6One, in Japanese4 lettersSee answer ›7Umbrella weather4 lettersSee answer ›8Bit of minor car damage4 lettersSee answer ›14North-of-the-border TV network3 lettersSee answer ›16Bohemian4 lettersSee answer ›17Light green4 lettersSee answer ›18Jazz legend Fitzgerald4 lettersSee answer ›19Slightly4 lettersSee answer ›20___ G. Biv (rainbow mnemonic)3 lettersSee answer ›21Exclamation during a "light bulb moment"3 lettersSee answer ›