NYT Midi Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 31 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the NYT Midi Crossword May 21 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 31 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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Shape of a poker chip or tiddlywinkDISK4Across1 Feminine family nicknameSIS3Across5 Folk singer GuthrieARLO4Across8 "I ___ What You Did Last Summer" (2025 film)KNOW4Across9 State whose official cuisine is gumboLOUISIANA9Across10 Liverpool's land: Abbr.ENG3Across12 Surprising plot developmentTWIST5Across13 Swing one's limbs around erraticallyFLAIL5Across14 "Nice one!"SWEET5Across16 Mediocre, in Gen Z slangMID3Across18 Saxophone-playing daughter on "The Simpsons"LISA4Across21 Fast-swimming sharkMAKO4Across22 Chooses (to)OPTS4Across23 "A Room With a ___"VIEW4Across24 Toward sunsetWEST4Across25 BlueprintPLAN4Across26

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Racer ___ Earnhardt Jr.DALE4Down1 Mass-produced metal starting around 1200 B.C.IRON4Down2 Intense, high-scoring baseball gamesSLUGFESTS9Down3 Fish in a Japanese pondKOI3Down4 Postal delivery, colloquiallySNAILMAIL9Down5 Charged particlesIONS4Down6 Whack, as a flySWAT4Down7 Fuzzy fruitKIWI4Down9 Nurse's "On the double!"STAT4Down11 Most's oppositeLEAST5Down15 With 20-Down, "Don't go so fast!" ... or how you might describe the shaded squares?SLOW4Down16 Towel (off)WIPE4Down17 Big name in minimalist furnitureIKEA4Down19 See 16-DownDOWN4Down20 Award for Giannis Antetokounmpo in '19 and '20MVP3Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the NYT Midi crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.