Puzzle Date: Nov 5, 2026Medium

Midi Crossword Hints & Answer – November 5, 2026

Midi Crossword Hints

0 of 3 hints revealed
Hint 1

9-Across means jet black, like squid ink

Hint 2

16-Across is a fried squid appetizer

Hint 3

26-Across is the mail service whose state codes spell out several Across answers

NYT Midi Crossword Answer

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→Across Clues & Answers (15)
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1

Prep, as Thanksgiving potatoes

4 letters
MASH
5

Unwanted email from a bot

4 letters
SPAM
9

Jet black

4 letters
INKY
10

Folk story

4 letters
TALE
11

Button clicked to bypass ads on YouTube videos

4 letters
SKIP
12

"I get that ___"

4 letters
ALOT
13

"Good grief!"

8 letters
OHDEARME
15

Animal in a 2007 Pixar film

3 letters
RAT
16

Appetizer made with squid

8 letters
CALAMARI
21

Often-spotty hotel amenity

4 letters
WIFI
22

"Zounds!"

4 letters
EGAD
23

Merit

4 letters
EARN
24

Clownfish in a 2003 Pixar film

4 letters
NEMO
25

Reserve, as a hotel room

4 letters
BOOK
26

Mail org. whose two-letter abbreviations are used to spell 9-, 13-, 16- and 24-Across

4 letters
USPS
↓Down Clues & Answers (15)
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1

Japanese soup

4 letters
MISO
2

Egyptian symbol known as the "key of life"

4 letters
ANKH
3

Lose traction

4 letters
SKID
4

Clickable text in a news article

9 letters
HYPERLINK
5

Where "Sleep" and "Shut down" actions are found on a Windows PC

9 letters
STARTMENU
6

Holder of a hidden quarter, perhaps

4 letters
PALM
7

___ vera

4 letters
ALOE
8

Rendezvoused with

3 letters
MET
14

Small battery size

3 letters
AAA
16

Farewell pronounced like "chow"

4 letters
CIAO
17

Natural hairstyle

4 letters
AFRO
18

Gets on in years

4 letters
AGES
19

Wheelchair-accessible incline

4 letters
RAMP
20

Words exchanged at a wedding

4 letters
IDOS
21

"Charlotte's ___"

3 letters
WEB

What was the NYT Midi Crossword answer for Nov 5, 2026?

The NYT Midi Crossword answer for November 5, 2026 is Across: 1A: MASH, 5A: SPAM, 9A: INKY, 10A: TALE, 11A: SKIP, 12A: ALOT, 13A: OHDEARME, 15A: RAT, 16A: CALAMARI, 21A: WIFI, 22A: EGAD, 23A: EARN, 24A: NEMO, 25A: BOOK, 26A: USPS.

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