Breakfast food chain

Editorially verified for the Aug 20, 2026

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An IHOP restaurant serving pancakes and other breakfast foods

Clue explained

IHOP is the familiar U.S. breakfast-food restaurant chain, known especially for pancakes and other morning dishes.

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NYT Midi Crossword

This clue's Thursday, August 20, 2026 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Breakfast food chain
  2. 5Big ___, Sesame Street resident with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  3. 9Magician's exclamation
  4. 10Smoothie bowl berry
  5. 11Mix, as soup
  6. 12Facial feature stroked when thinking, perhaps
  7. 13Eating between lunch and dinner, say
  8. 15Barbell units: Abbr.
  9. 16"It's safe to enter"
  10. 21Neo-soul singer India.___
  11. 22Vocalist who might sing the middle part in a harmony
  12. 23Web programmer's code
  13. 24See 4-Down
  14. 25"Agreed," at sea
  15. 26"When I'm feeling ___, I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!" (lyric from "The Sound of Music")

Down

  1. 1"___ the hard-knock life"
  2. 2Hard ___ (head protectors)
  3. 3Thor's dad
  4. 4With 24-Across, alone-together activity ... or a hint to the arrangement of this puzzle's circled letters
  5. 5Encouraging touches from teammates
  6. 6One, in Japanese
  7. 7Umbrella weather
  8. 8Bit of minor car damage
  9. 14North-of-the-border TV network
  10. 16Bohemian
  11. 17Light green
  12. 18Jazz legend Fitzgerald
  13. 19Slightly
  14. 20___ G. Biv (rainbow mnemonic)
  15. 21Exclamation during a "light bulb moment"

The answer to “Breakfast food chain” in the New York Times Midi crossword is IHOP — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on August 20, 2026 at 1-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Breakfast food chain” answer

IHOP (4 letters)

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When else has “Breakfast food chain” appeared?

New York Times Midi reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 20, 2026 (most recent) → IHOP. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Breakfast food chain”?

The answer is IHOP, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on August 20, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Breakfast food chain”?

4 letters: IHOP.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Midi crossword on August 20, 2026, at 1-Across.

Can “Breakfast food chain” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Midi sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of today's NYT Midi answers?

Every clue and answer from that day's puzzle is linked above, and the full grid is on the NYT Midi answers page.

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