NYT Midi Crossword Answers Today, November 10, 2026

The New York Times (NYT) Midi Crossword for Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026: hints for Paolo Pasco's 29 clues, the Triple Dog Dare title, grid facts, answers.

By Fresh Calendars News Desk, Editorial team, daily puzzles

Published November 9, 2026, 10:40 p.m. ET 6 min read

NYT Midi Crossword answers for Nov. 10, 2026: a nine-by-nine grid with a block of black squares across the middle — The New York Times Midi Crossword for Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, with a hint for every clue before the answers. Illustration: Fresh Calendars

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What “Triple Dog Dare” asks of the solver
The clue with the loosest wordplay
Hints for every clue
Tuesday’s grid next to Monday’s
Today’s NYT Midi answers (spoilers)

The New York Times (NYT) Midi Crossword for Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, is titled “Triple Dog Dare” and has 29 clues on a nine-by-nine grid, built by Paolo Pasco. Ian Livengood is listed as editor. Each clue has a hint that stays shut until you tap it, and the answers wait in a marked section at the bottom.

What “Triple Dog Dare” asks of the solver

The official data gives a title and a constructor and nothing else about the idea, so this is what the clues themselves say. One Across clue describes a three-headed figure from mythology and asks whether the puzzle’s own figures are like it. A “triple dare” is the strongest challenge in the playground sense, and the title seems to borrow that phrase for a puzzle where things come in threes.

The easiest place to test that is the top row, which has two short Across entries separated by black squares. Fill them from their crossing Down entries and compare the letters inside each one. The longer Across entries in the middle and lower rows are worth a second look too.

The clue with the loosest wordplay

The least literal clue is 6-Down, “This: :” with five letters. The clue is not a definition in words. It prints a small piece of punctuation and uses “This” to point at it, so the clue is its own example. Read it aloud and you get a pointing word followed by the mark itself; the answer is the name of that mark, which is also the name of a body part. It crosses the long entry in row 4 at its fourth letter.

Hints for every clue

Clues are quoted as printed, so a few carry capital letters for emphasis (NOT), for a publication name (VICE) or for a sound (DUH); none of them is an abbreviation.

Across

1-Across (3 letters), Roadside service org.
a motorists’ club known by initials; all three letters are the same, and it starts with A.
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Aaa
4-Across (3 letters), 300, in Roman numerals
one numeral letter written three times; it starts with C.
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Ccc
7-Across (4 letters), With 8-Across, Polynesian-themed attraction at Disneyland
the first half of the attraction’s name, a carved figure in Polynesian art; it starts with T and ends with I.
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Tiki
8-Across (4 letters), See 7-Across
the second half of that name, a space with walls and a door; it starts with R.
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Room
10-Across (4 letters), “Sign me up!”
a short spoken yes to joining, with the apostrophe dropped; it starts with I and ends with N.
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Imin
11-Across (4 letters), Folk singer Guthrie
the first name of Woody Guthrie’s son; it starts with A and ends with O.
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Arlo
12-Across (9 letters), Betraying to the feds, maybe
informing on someone, in the “-ing” form; two words, 7 and 2 letters; it starts with R and ends with N.
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Rattingon
14-Across (3 letters), “when are u getting here?”
the texter’s shorthand for an arrival estimate; it starts with E.
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Eta
15-Across (4 letters), Similar (to)
related or alike; it starts with A and ends with N.
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Akin
16-Across (3 letters), “I did NOT need to hear all that!”
text-speak for oversharing; it starts with T and ends with I.
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Tmi
17-Across (8 letters), Mythological dog with three heads … like the figures in this puzzle?
the hound that guards the entrance to the underworld in Greek myth; it starts with C and ends with S.
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Cerberus
22-Across (8 letters), Feeling that might cause an athlete to choke
stress felt when the stakes are high; it starts with P and ends with E.
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Pressure
23-Across (3 letters), “I Played ‘The Boys ___ Back in Town’ on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out” (VICE article)
a plural form of “to be”; it starts with A.
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Are
24-Across (4 letters), Circus enclosure
the canvas shelter over the ring; it starts and ends with T.
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Tent

Down

1-Down (5 letters), Put in the crosshairs
to point a weapon toward a mark; two words, 3 and 2 letters; it starts with A and ends with T.
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Aimat
2-Down (5 letters), Dog breed from Japan
a large breed that shares its name with a Japanese prefecture; it starts and ends with A.
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Akita
3-Down (4 letters), “Say it ___ so!”
a casual contraction of “is not”; it starts with A and ends with T.
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Aint
4-Down (9 letters), Most grouchy
the top rank of an adjective for irritable; it starts with C and ends with T.
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Crankiest
5-Down (5 letters), Dog breed from Wales
a short-legged herding dog; it starts with C and ends with I.
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Corgi
6-Down (5 letters), This: :
the name of the mark printed in the clue; it starts with C and ends with N.
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Colon
7-Down (4 letters), A unicycle has one
the rubber around a wheel; it starts with T.
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Tire
9-Down (3 letters), Day before Tue.
the weekday in its short form; it starts with M.
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Mon
13-Down (5 letters), Poetic feet with the pattern “duh-DUH”
metrical units of an unstressed and then a stressed syllable, in the plural; it starts with I and ends with S.
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Iambs
16-Down (4 letters), Birch or beech
what both of those plants are; it starts with T.
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Tree
17-Down (3 letters), Many an I.R.S. employee
a licensed accountant’s three initials; it starts with C and ends with A.
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Cpa
18-Down (3 letters), “To ___ is human …”
to slip up; it starts with E.
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Err
19-Down (3 letters), Regret
to feel sorry about something; it starts with R.
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Rue
20-Down (3 letters), “Ode on a Grecian ___” (Keats poem)
a vase-like vessel; it starts with U.
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Urn
21-Down (3 letters), Complete collection
a matching group of pieces; it starts with S and ends with T.
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Set

Tuesday’s grid next to Monday’s

Monday’s Midi had 13 black squares and 68 letters across 31 clues. Tuesday’s has 17 black squares, 64 letters and 29 clues, so the board is more broken up. The size is the same, nine squares by nine, and the editor’s name is the same too, but the constructor changes from Ian Livengood to Paolo Pasco.

Feature	Mon., Nov. 9	Tue., Nov. 10
Title	Suggestion Boxes	Triple Dog Dare
Clues (Across + Down)	31 (14 + 17)	29 (14 + 15)
Black squares	13	17
Letter squares	68	64
Entries of 3 letters	16	11
Entries of 4 letters	3	9
Entries of 5 letters	8	5
Entries of 8 letters	0	2
Entries of 9 letters	4	2

The mix shifts toward four-letter words: nine of Tuesday’s entries are that long, against three on Monday. The two nine-letter entries are one Across (row 4, the only row with no black square) and one Down (column 6, the full height of the grid). Monday’s nine-letter entries were three Across and one Down. Row 6 is mostly black, with only three white squares in the middle, so the top and bottom halves meet through a narrow gap.

The two eight-letter Across entries sit in rows 7 and 8, one above the other, and each starts one square in from the left edge. Because they stack, every letter in one of them sits directly above or below a letter of the other.

With 29 entries to fill, the rules for the format are on our Midi Crossword page.

Plan the week around the puzzle with our weekly planner you can print or the printable calendar for November 2026.

More of Tuesday’s puzzles: Wordle hints, Connections hints, Strands hints, Spelling Bee hints, Pips hints and Letter Boxed hints. For the same date there are the Mini answers for Nov. 10 and the daily Crossword answers for Nov. 10. Monday’s grid is in our Midi answers for Nov. 9.

Today’s NYT Midi answers (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

Clue	Answer
1-Across	Aaa
4-Across	Ccc
7-Across	Tiki
8-Across	Room
10-Across	Imin
11-Across	Arlo
12-Across	Rattingon
14-Across	Eta
15-Across	Akin
16-Across	Tmi
17-Across	Cerberus
22-Across	Pressure
23-Across	Are
24-Across	Tent
1-Down	Aimat
2-Down	Akita
3-Down	Aint
4-Down	Crankiest
5-Down	Corgi
6-Down	Colon
7-Down	Tire
9-Down	Mon
13-Down	Iambs
16-Down	Tree
17-Down	Cpa
18-Down	Err
19-Down	Rue
20-Down	Urn
21-Down	Set

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

The answers come from the puzzle’s official data.

Yesterday's Midi Crossword answer

The Midi on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026: Across 1 Oafs, 5 Pad, 8 Omaha, 10 Rye, 11 Firechief, 13 Dam, 14 Barechest, 20 Obey, 21 Tie, 22 Rarecoins, 25 Ata, 26 Comet, 27 Ten, 28 Spews; Down 1 Oof, 2 Ami, 3 Far, 4 She, 5 Primetime, 6 Aye, 7 Def, 9 Acdc, 12 Hah, 14 Borat, 15 Abate, 16 Reran, 17 Eye, 18 Sinew, 19 Tests, 23 Ccs, 24 Oop. Yesterday's hints and full solution.

Frequently asked questions

Who is credited with the NYT Midi Crossword for Nov. 10, 2026?

Paolo Pasco is listed as constructor and Ian Livengood as editor in the puzzle's official data. Monday's Midi, on Nov. 9, credited Ian Livengood alone.

Why does the Triple Dog Dare title have anything to do with the 17-Across clue?

The clue asks about a mythological dog with three heads and adds "like the figures in this puzzle?" That wording says the grid's theme is about things that come in threes. The saved data gives no more than the title and the clue, so look at what repeats in the top row once you have filled it in.

How many clues does the NYT Midi Crossword have on Nov. 10, 2026?

Twenty-nine: 14 Across and 15 Down, on a grid nine squares wide and nine tall, per the puzzle's official data.

What are the NYT Midi Crossword answers for Nov. 10, 2026?

Spoilers: Across, Aaa, Ccc, Tiki, Room, Imin, Arlo, Rattingon, Eta, Akin, Tmi, Cerberus, Pressure, Are, Tent; Down, Aimat, Akita, Aint, Crankiest, Corgi, Colon, Tire, Mon, Iambs, Tree, Cpa, Err, Rue, Urn, Set.

Sources

The Midi Crossword (The New York Times)

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