NYT Midi Crossword Answers and Hints for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026: Midi Golf

The New York Times (NYT) Midi Crossword for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026: a hint for each of the 36 clues on Rebecca Goldstein's 10-by-10 grid, then the answers.

By Fresh Calendars News Desk

Published November 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m. ET 5 min read

NYT Midi Crossword answers for Nov. 1, 2026: a blank crossword grid with one row and one column highlighted — The New York Times Midi Crossword for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026; hints come first, the full list of answers at the end. Illustration: Fresh Calendars

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The Midi Golf theme
Hints for every clue
Solving tips
Today’s NYT Midi answers (spoilers)

The New York Times (NYT) Midi Crossword for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, is a 10-by-10 grid with 36 clues by Rebecca Goldstein, edited by Ian Livengood. Its published title is Midi Golf. Below is a hint for every clue, each one hidden until you open it, then the full answers in a marked spoiler section.

The Midi Golf theme

The title is the one the puzzle carries as published. Read it as a nudge: two answers are golf scores, but their clues point somewhere else (military slang and a musical), so a clue that sounds like plain trivia may have a golf meaning too.

Hints for every clue

Across

1-Across (3 letters), Apt name for a birder
a noisy blue-and-white bird; it starts with J.
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Jay
4-Across (4 letters), Off-key outcome?
a slip of the finger on a keyboard that leaves a word spelled wrong.
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Typo
8-Across (4 letters), Chemistry building block
the tiny particle that every element is built from; it starts and ends with A.
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Atom
10-Across (4 letters), Unfortunate weather for an outdoor concert
water falling from clouds, bad news for an open-air show; it starts with R.
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Rain
11-Across (5 letters), Unidentified aircraft, in military slang
radar slang for an unknown aircraft, and also a golf score one stroke over par; it has a G in the middle.
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Bogey
13-Across (4 letters), ”___ of Tomorrow” (2014 Tom Cruise sci-fi film)
the word for the border of a blade or a cliff; it also fills the blank in the film title.
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Edge
14-Across (8 letters), Extra spot to sleep
a cot or an extra mattress for overnight visitors; two words run together, and it crosses both 10-letter Down entries.
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Spare bed
16-Across (4 letters), Location
another word for a place, such as a building plot or a web address; it starts with S.
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Site
17-Across (3 letters), Pres. Lincoln
Lincoln’s first name in its short form; it starts with A.
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Abe
20-Across (4 letters), Unit of power
a lightbulb’s rating is given in this unit, named for a Scottish engineer; it has a double T.
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Watt
22-Across (5 letters), Easy win
a close-range basketball shot, played off the backboard; two words run together.
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Layup
24-Across (5 letters), Tickle, say
to make someone smile or laugh; it starts with A and ends with E.
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Amuse
26-Across (4 letters), Word whose letters can aptly be used to spell “prepare a pear”
to trim away the skin of a fruit with a knife; the clue’s phrase is another way to describe it.
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Pare
27-Across (3 letters), Freed (of)
the word that completes “get ___ of” when you remove something unwanted; it starts with R.
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Rid
28-Across (6 letters), “Bye Bye ___”
a golf score one stroke under par; the blank completes the title phrase.
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Birdie
30-Across (3 letters), Pressure measure: Abbr.
the unit on a tire gauge, short for pounds per square inch; it is also a Greek letter.
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Psi
31-Across (6 letters), Pair at some weddings
women getting married, in the plural; it starts with B.
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Brides
32-Across (3 letters), “Couples Therapy” network, for short
the three-letter nickname of a premium cable channel; it starts with S and ends in O.
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Sho
33-Across (5 letters), Greens for lunch, perhaps
a bowl of lettuce and other raw vegetables; it starts with S.
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Salad

Down

1-Down (4 letters), Quick boxing punches
quick, straight punches thrown with the lead hand; a plural that starts with J.
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Jabs
2-Down (4 letters), Upon
a word meaning on the top of; it starts with A.
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Atop
3-Down (10 letters), Business promoting flexibility?
a business with mats and stretching classes; it fills the full height of the grid and starts with Y.
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Yoga studio
4-Down (4 letters), Something commonly planted on Earth Day
an oak or a maple put in the ground on Earth Day.
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Tree
5-Down (10 letters), “You know the rest”
a phrase that waves off the dull rest of a story; it repeats the same five-letter chunk twice.
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Yadda yadda
6-Down (3 letters), Oinker
a farm animal that says oink; it starts with P.
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Pig
7-Down (3 letters), Single
the number between zero and two; it starts with O.
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One
9-Down (6 letters), Is worthy of
deserves, as in a result that ___ praise; it ends in S.
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Merits
12-Down (3 letters), So far
the word that follows “not” in “not ___”; it starts with Y.
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Yet
15-Down (3 letters), “The Fresh Prince of ___-Air”
the first part of the Los Angeles place name in the sitcom’s title; it starts with B.
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Bel
18-Down (6 letters), Bottled up, as emotions
held inside instead of shown; it starts with B.
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Buried
19-Down (5 letters), Olympic fencing swords
thin, pointed blades used in a fencing sport; it has three Es.
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Epees
20-Down (5 letters), Bends out of shape
twists wood out of its flat shape; a verb that ends in S.
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Warps
21-Down (5 letters), Group known for traveling by horse and buggy
a religious community known for buggies; it starts with A.
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Amish
23-Down (5 letters), Arab American Heritage Month
the month after March.
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April
25-Down (4 letters), Counterpart of flows
goes out, as the tide does; a verb that starts with E.
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Ebbs
29-Down (3 letters), Nest egg initials
the first letters of “individual retirement account”, which also spell a man’s first name.
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Ira

Solving tips

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Start with the ten three-letter entries: 1-Across, 17-Across, 27-Across, 30-Across and 32-Across, plus 6-Down, 7-Down, 12-Down, 15-Down and 29-Down. 1-Across and 1-Down share their first square. The two 10-letter Down entries, 3-Down and 5-Down, sit in the third and eighth columns and each cross ten Across answers, so every letter you place in one of them is checked by a second entry. 14-Across, the eight-letter entry, crosses both of them.

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Today’s NYT Midi answers (spoilers)

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Clue	Answer
1-Across	Jay
4-Across	Typo
8-Across	Atom
10-Across	Rain
11-Across	Bogey
13-Across	Edge
14-Across	Spare bed
16-Across	Site
17-Across	Abe
20-Across	Watt
22-Across	Layup
24-Across	Amuse
26-Across	Pare
27-Across	Rid
28-Across	Birdie
30-Across	Psi
31-Across	Brides
32-Across	Sho
33-Across	Salad
1-Down	Jabs
2-Down	Atop
3-Down	Yoga studio
4-Down	Tree
5-Down	Yadda yadda
6-Down	Pig
7-Down	One
9-Down	Merits
12-Down	Yet
15-Down	Bel
18-Down	Buried
19-Down	Epees
20-Down	Warps
21-Down	Amish
23-Down	April
25-Down	Ebbs
29-Down	Ira

The filled grid, with each clue number in its first square. Drawn from the official puzzle data published by The New York Times.

26-Across is a letter clue: “prepare a pear” uses only P, R, E and A, the four letters of the answer, and paring is what you do to a pear’s skin. 11-Across and 28-Across are golf scores, one over par and one under. The answers come from the puzzle’s official data.

Yesterday's Midi Crossword answer

The Midi on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026: Across 1 Leaps, 6 Liedown, 8 Halloween, 10 Ova, 11 Any, 12 Cacaotree, 16 Bao, 17 Endurance, 23 Bout, 24 Doom, 25 Bro, 26 Bio; Down 1 Lilac, 2 Eel, 3 Ado, 4 Pow, 5 Swear, 6 Lava, 7 Nene, 8 Hoc, 9 Nye, 13 Abut, 14 Oar, 15 Toad, 17 Ebb, 18 Nor, 19 Duo, 20 Nob, 21 Coi, 22 Emo.

Frequently asked questions

Who made today's NYT Midi Crossword?

Rebecca Goldstein constructed the Nov. 1, 2026 Midi, titled Midi Golf, and Ian Livengood is listed as its editor, according to the puzzle data.

What are the NYT Midi Crossword answers for Nov. 1, 2026?

Spoilers: Across, Jay, Typo, Atom, Rain, Bogey, Edge, Spare bed, Site, Abe, Watt, Layup, Amuse, Pare, Rid, Birdie, Psi, Brides, Sho, Salad; Down, Jabs, Atop, Yoga studio, Tree, Yadda yadda, Pig, One, Merits, Yet, Bel, Buried, Epees, Warps, Amish, April, Ebbs, Ira.

How big is today's Midi and how many clues does it have?

The Sunday grid is 10 squares wide and 10 tall, with 36 clues: 19 Across and 17 Down.

Sources

The Midi Crossword (The New York Times)

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