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NYT Midi Crossword Answers for November 3, 2026

Midi Crossword #252Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Puzzle #252

Across

  1. 1Cry like a baby (4)Show answer
  2. 5Topic of a children's song with the lyric "Next time won't you sing with me?" (4)Show answer
  3. 9Long (for) (4)Show answer
  4. 10Gazpacho or garbure (4)Show answer
  5. 11Common attire for a Secret Service agent (4)Show answer
  6. 12Samberg of "7 Days in Hell" (4)Show answer
  7. 13"To ___ is human; to forgive, divine" (3)Show answer
  8. 14Commercial ending with Gator (3)Show answer
  9. 15Sets aside for a rainy day (9)Show answer
  10. 19Stir-frying pan (3)Show answer
  11. 20"___ boy!" (3)Show answer
  12. 21Comedic sketch (4)Show answer
  13. 23Well-ventilated (4)Show answer
  14. 24Norway ___ (state tree of Minnesota) (4)Show answer
  15. 25Palindromic man's name (4)Show answer
  16. 26Counts on one's fingers, say (4)Show answer
  17. 27Actress/singer Salonga (3)Show answer

Down

  1. 1Diamond quartet (5)Show answer
  2. 2Luxury brand of Honda (5)Show answer
  3. 3Action-packed and exhausting, as a weekend (9)Show answer
  4. 4"___ freedom ring" (line from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech) (3)Show answer
  5. 5Carne ___ (5)Show answer
  6. 6Color similar to beige, despite its name (9)Show answer
  7. 7Cow's mouthful (3)Show answer
  8. 8Many a character on BBC's "The Night Manager" (3)Show answer
  9. 14"Say, can I ___ you something?" (3)Show answer
  10. 16"Oh, 100%," in slang (5)Show answer
  11. 17Main artery of the human body (5)Show answer
  12. 18Toy on a string (4)Show answer
  13. 21Relaxing escape (3)Show answer
  14. 22Josh (3)Show answer
  15. 23Internet company that popularized instant messaging (3)Show answer

Previous Day’s Midi Crossword Answers

Midi Crossword #251, November 2, 2026.

November 2026 1 puzzle

  • Mon 2 #251

    1. 1AAcross: Spotify or Shopify (3)
    2. 4AAcross: Symbol at the start of a music staff (4)
    3. 8AAcross: Establishments with liquor licenses (4)
    4. 10AAcross: Totally bonkers (4)
    5. 11AAcross: Hold on tightly (5)
    6. 13AAcross: Monster in a fairy tale (4)
    7. 14AAcross: Steamed semolina dish with a repetitive name (8)
    8. 16AAcross: New Jersey's most populous city (6)
    9. 17AAcross: Fish in Hawaiian cuisine with a repetitive name (8)
    10. 19AAcross: "A ___ apple" (4)
    11. 20AAcross: Podcast interruptions (3)
    12. 22AAcross: Inquire (3)
    13. 23AAcross: Chocolate confection with a repetitive name (6)
    14. 26AAcross: ___ Jemison (first Black woman to travel to space) (3)
    15. 27AAcross: Cow parts that dispense milk (6)
    16. 28AAcross: Pretty shady, slangily (3)
    17. 29AAcross: Swiss-based competitor of Lipton (6)
    18. 1DDown: Easy as ___ (3)
    19. 2DDown: Buddy (3)
    20. 3DDown: Cost increases (10)
    21. 4DDown: Pointers that tell time (10)
    22. 5DDown: Wikipedia's globe made of puzzle pieces, for one (4)
    23. 6DDown: Beigelike color (4)
    24. 7DDown: Enemies (4)
    25. 9DDown: Strand during the winter, maybe (6)
    26. 12DDown: U.S. territory in Oceania (4)
    27. 15DDown: Mrs., in Spanish (3)
    28. 16DDown: Capital of the Bahamas (6)
    29. 17DDown: Counterparts of sirs (5)
    30. 18DDown: "My best guess is ..." (5)
    31. 21DDown: ___ loser (bad sport) (4)
    32. 23DDown: Seeded part of a Big Mac (3)
    33. 24DDown: "___ to Joy" (3)
    34. 25DDown: Government org. focused on cryptography (3)

Today’s Midi answers

NYT Midi Crossword #252 for Tuesday, November 3, 2026: a 9 by 9 grid with 32 clues, 17 across and 15 down, and answers 3 to 9 letters long. Each answer stays hidden above until you ask.

How the Midi works

The Midi is the New York Times’s mid-size daily crossword: a grid of nine squares by nine on most days, a little larger at the weekend, with more clues than the Mini and fewer than the full crossword. It sits between the five-by-five Mini and the full daily crossword, and takes most people a few minutes. Across answers read left to right, and down answers read top to bottom, and each answer shares letters with the ones that cross it.

How to use this page

Under the heading are the day’s across and down clues, each with the number of letters in its answer in brackets. Choose Show answer, or the clue itself, to open that clue’s own page. There the answer is hidden behind blank tiles: choose a tile to see just that letter, or reveal the whole answer.

A clue’s page also lists the other puzzles that used the same clue for the same answer.

Solving a Midi without giving up the grid

Begin with the clues you can answer without a doubt, such as fill-in-the-blanks, short abbreviations and plurals, then let the crossing letters carry you into the longer answers. When one clue will not give, show just the answer that crosses it: a single revealed answer is often enough to see how the wordplay worked.