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NYT Midi Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated May 21 2026

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Every answer from the Thursday, May 21 2026 New York Times Midi Crossword — the mid-size daily puzzle. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Ian Livengood

Across

1Shape of a poker chip or tiddlywink4 lettersSee answer ›5Feminine family nickname3 lettersSee answer ›8Folk singer Guthrie4 lettersSee answer ›9"I ___ What You Did Last Summer" (2025 film)4 lettersSee answer ›10State whose official cuisine is gumbo9 lettersSee answer ›12Liverpool's land: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›13Surprising plot development5 lettersSee answer ›14Swing one's limbs around erratically5 lettersSee answer ›16"Nice one!"5 lettersSee answer ›18Mediocre, in Gen Z slang3 lettersSee answer ›21Saxophone-playing daughter on "The Simpsons"4 lettersSee answer ›22Fast-swimming shark4 lettersSee answer ›23Chooses (to)4 lettersSee answer ›24"A Room With a ___"4 lettersSee answer ›25Toward sunset4 lettersSee answer ›26Blueprint4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Racer ___ Earnhardt Jr.4 lettersSee answer ›2Mass-produced metal starting around 1200 B.C.4 lettersSee answer ›3Intense, high-scoring baseball games9 lettersSee answer ›4Fish in a Japanese pond3 lettersSee answer ›5Postal delivery, colloquially9 lettersSee answer ›6Charged particles4 lettersSee answer ›7Whack, as a fly4 lettersSee answer ›9Fuzzy fruit4 lettersSee answer ›11Nurse's "On the double!"4 lettersSee answer ›15Most's opposite5 lettersSee answer ›16With 20-Down, "Don't go so fast!" ... or how you might describe the shaded squares?4 lettersSee answer ›17Towel (off)4 lettersSee answer ›19Big name in minimalist furniture4 lettersSee answer ›20See 16-Down4 lettersSee answer ›22Award for Giannis Antetokounmpo in '19 and '203 lettersSee answer ›