What is the answer to "Drain pain" in the NYT Midi Crossword?

The answer to the NYT Midi Crossword clue "Drain pain" is CLOG (4 letters).

Drain pain NYT Midi Crossword Clue

Across clue · from the May 4, 2026 puzzle

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CLOG

4 letters · Across · last seen May 4, 2026

1AOriginal airer of "Mad Men"3 4AWord that rhymes with "crude," aptly4 8AEccentric sort4 10A___ tikki (potato-laden Indian snack)4 11AState bounded by the Missouri and Mississippi rivers4 13ABundle of papers5 15ALike the sky on an overcast day4 17AGarden tool for weeding3 18AWilt5 23AAlley-___3 24ALines that join the center of a circle to its circumference5