NYT Midi Crossword May 21 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 31 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all 31 clues from the NYT Midi Crossword for May 21 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.
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Shape of a poker chip or tiddlywink41 AcrossReveal answer →
Feminine family nickname35 AcrossReveal answer →
Folk singer Guthrie48 AcrossReveal answer →
"I ___ What You Did Last Summer" (2025 film)49 AcrossReveal answer →
State whose official cuisine is gumbo910 AcrossReveal answer →
Liverpool's land: Abbr.312 AcrossReveal answer →
Surprising plot development513 AcrossReveal answer →
Swing one's limbs around erratically514 AcrossReveal answer →
"Nice one!"516 AcrossReveal answer →
Mediocre, in Gen Z slang318 AcrossReveal answer →
Saxophone-playing daughter on "The Simpsons"421 AcrossReveal answer →
Fast-swimming shark422 AcrossReveal answer →
Chooses (to)423 AcrossReveal answer →
"A Room With a ___"424 AcrossReveal answer →
Toward sunset425 AcrossReveal answer →
Blueprint426 AcrossReveal answer →
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Racer ___ Earnhardt Jr.41 DownReveal answer →
Mass-produced metal starting around 1200 B.C.42 DownReveal answer →
Intense, high-scoring baseball games93 DownReveal answer →
Fish in a Japanese pond34 DownReveal answer →
Postal delivery, colloquially95 DownReveal answer →
Charged particles46 DownReveal answer →
Whack, as a fly47 DownReveal answer →
Fuzzy fruit49 DownReveal answer →
Nurse's "On the double!"411 DownReveal answer →
Most's opposite515 DownReveal answer →
With 20-Down, "Don't go so fast!" ... or how you might describe the shaded squares?416 DownReveal answer →
Towel (off)417 DownReveal answer →
Big name in minimalist furniture419 DownReveal answer →
See 16-Down420 DownReveal answer →
Award for Giannis Antetokounmpo in '19 and '20322 DownReveal answer →
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This page lists every clue from the NYT Midi crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.