NYT Midi Crossword September 5, 2026 Answers

Across

1AInitialism meaning "Refrain from opening this link at the office!"4 5ASign of a scrape's healing4 9ADesigner Wang4 10ACalifornia's ___ Valley4 11AMidmonth day4 12A"'Tis a pity ..."4 13A– or —4 14AStatic Insta posts4 15A"Monsters, ___" (2001 film)3 16AComedian Margaret3 17A"You know, because that's totally normal"9 21APoem of praise3 22AMedia mogul who founded CNN ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded names9 28ALotion additive4 29ABurger joint meat4 30AAudi alternatives4 31AColored egg component4

Down

1DTech giant whose name consists of three U.S. state postal abbreviations6 2DCars that typically have four doors6 3DPainting executed on a wet plaster surface6 4D___ and fold (type of laundry service)4 5DOnesie fastener4 6DCat with multicolored patches6 7DIndigenous people of the Southwest6 8DOpera singers with deep voices6 18DPost-it memos5 19DUniversity website suffix3 20DCertain horse race or hat5 22DIndentation key3 23DTree with oblong-shaped leaves3 24DThe "D" of Wall Street's D.J.I.A.3 25DOpposite of paleo-3 26DSlippery as an ___3 27D'60s attorney general who was also a president's brother, for short3