NYT Midi Crossword May 5, 2026 Answers
“Waterfront” · By Aaron Gee and Avery Gee Katz · Edited by Ian Livengood
Every answer for the NYT Midi Crossword from May 5, 2026. Tap any clue for its answer and past appearances.
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1AUltra-manly5 6AAirplane ___ (in-flight phone setting)4 10AOld-timey dental anesthetic5 11ACooling lotion ingredient4 12A[Tap, tap] "Is this thing on?"10 14A"Let me think"3 15AHistoric period3 16ASoup ingredient that is often removed before eating7 20AMake invalid, as a marriage5 23ALanguage suffix3 24AHustlers in a billiards hall10 27AWorkplace freebie4 28ASign after Pisces5 29AAbsolutely crush it, in slang4 30ACook slowly, as tomatoes4Down
1DSee-through dress fabric4 2DSomething about a million times smaller than a grain of sand4 3DBuddy4 4DCoop resident3 5DTrials and tribulations7 6DTaj ___5 7DShout from a flamenco dancer3 8DOne of the Seven Dwarfs3 9DScared reaction to a spider3 13D"Summon" a new parent, maybe3 16DLike oversized luggage5 17DSpooky5 18DSlightly crooked, as a picture frame5 19DSpill the beans, with "up"4 20DVenmo and Splitwise4 21DHoliday tune4 22DEphron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally ..."4 25D"Every dog ___ its day"3 26DWhat DALL-E, OpenAI's text-to-image tool, can create3Frequently Asked Questions
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