NYT Midi Crossword

August 25, 2026 Answers

“But First, Coffee”

TuesdayBy Shannon RappEdited by Ian Livengood

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Across 11

Open windows on an internet browser

Waymo cars, e.g.

Snoopy's hip alter ego

Post-Ramadan festival that translates to "festival"

"All ___ Well" (Taylor Swift song with a "10 Minute Version")

Language behind much dynamic web content

Actress Thurman

Section of a color wheel

Entryway for dropping off backpacks and dirty shoes

Prefix with intellectual or science

Jigsaw puzzle border

Down 14

Where a Hindu woman wears a bichiya

"Eric Carle's ___" (children's book whose first pages include drawings of ants, a bird and a crocodile)

Baby's knitted foot warmer

Brownstone "porch"

Some pretzel shapes

Piggy bank opening

"Trick Mirror" author ___ Tolentino

Got away from

React at a haunted house, maybe

Bring a smile to

Shoe designer Jimmy

Liquor in a mojito

Handwoven floor cover, perhaps

"An ___ We Owe" (Amanda Gorman poem)

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The NYT Midi Crossword sits squarely between the Mini and the full daily puzzle — usually a 7×7 or 9×9 grid that takes a confident solver about three to five minutes. Today's grid was constructed by Shannon Rapp and edited by Ian Livengood. The puzzle is titled “But First, Coffee”. Tap any tile to reveal a single letter, or click a clue for the full breakdown with hints, letter analysis, and cross-puzzle history.