NYT Midi Crossword April 6, 2026 Answers

Across

1APeriod of quick development5 6AThey "don't lie," in a Shakira hit song4 10AOrigin of the words "mongoose" and "cheetah"5 11ABlue-green hue4 12AAmerican living abroad, e.g.5 13A"___ with my little eye ..."4 14AOft-depicted animal on honey jars3 15AQuery3 17AOrigin of the words "woodchuck" and "moose"10 22ASch. with a Shreveport campus3 23A___ Cup (in-season hoops tourney)3 24AFilled with wonder4 27AFreeze over, as a walkway5 29AArea worked by crunches4 30AOrigin of the words "walrus" and "reindeer"5 31ADrop running down a cheek4 32A"Oh, for sure!," in slang5

Down

1DQueen of ___ (biblical visitor of King Solomon)5 2DComputer screen dot5 3DRemove, as from a fixed currency rate5 4DDietary guide on a food label: Abbr.3 5DTennessee footballers6 6DJapanese poem with a 5-7-5 pattern5 7DEggheads have high ones, for short3 8DBaby dog3 9D"___ cheese!"3 16DLook at the teeny tiny bottom row of an eye chart, say6 18DLike the Tang dynasty vis-à-vis the Ming dynasty5 19DUnreactive, chemically5 20DTreat badly5 21DScruffs of the neck5 24DParticipate in a play3 25DSorrowful state3 26DContemporary ___ (what we're living in now)3 28DDove's gentle call3