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NYT Midi Crossword October 21 2026 Answers

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

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

Constructed by Aaron Gee and Avery Gee Katz · Edited by Ian Livengood

Across

1Tight-lipped3 lettersSee answer ›4By ___ means necessary3 lettersSee answer ›5Furry new members of the family, maybe7 lettersSee answer ›10Display at a museum7 lettersSee answer ›11Places to cash out?4 lettersSee answer ›14___ Stix (powdered candy)4 lettersSee answer ›15Practiced backstroke or breaststroke, say4 lettersSee answer ›16___-Ball (arcade game)4 lettersSee answer ›17Like the graphics of the original Super Mario Bros.9 lettersSee answer ›20Photocopies7 lettersSee answer ›21Like British humor vis-à-vis American humor, stereotypically5 lettersSee answer ›22French fashion initials3 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Rings in the New Year, perhaps10 lettersSee answer ›2Operating system developed at Bell Labs4 lettersSee answer ›3"Swallowed gum stays in your body for seven years," e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›6Betting adviser7 lettersSee answer ›7Two-wheeled vehicles that need charging6 lettersSee answer ›8Vetoed5 lettersSee answer ›9Eye affliction that rhymes with "eye"4 lettersSee answer ›11Egyptian snake that bit Cleopatra3 lettersSee answer ›12Candy with the slogan "Two is more than one"4 lettersSee answer ›13Reached full capacity, with "out"5 lettersSee answer ›18Fictional reporter Lane4 lettersSee answer ›19Skating jump4 lettersSee answer ›