Cutlery famously sold in infomercials

Editorially verified for the Oct 9, 2026

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A Ginsu-style kitchen knife shown beside a tin can and sliced tomato.

Clue explained

A Ginsu knife is a branded kitchen knife best known for its memorable television commercials. The ads demonstrated the blade cutting through a tin can and then slicing a tomato, contrasting a tough test with a delicate one. Those demonstrations made Ginsu a familiar name in the era of TV knife pitches and helped turn the product into a pop-culture reference for infomercial selling.

Clue type:
Pop culture

NYT Midi Crossword

This clue's Friday, October 09, 2026 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Vegetable in gumbo
  2. 5Tear
  3. 81989 Patrick Swayze cult film set in a rural bar
  4. 11"Like we discussed earlier ..."
  5. 12Brit's bathroom
  6. 13Cutlery famously sold in infomercials
  7. 20Home to Thailand and Turkmenistan
  8. 21Animal with a small pet door, perhaps
  9. 22Intricate hairstyle associated with Zulu traditions
  10. 26Commit perjury
  11. 27Actress Mara of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
  12. 28Singer Sheeran and actor Harris
  13. 29Quibbles

Down

  1. 1"... man ___ mouse?"
  2. 2Boxing wins, for short
  3. 3Unit of sunlight
  4. 4Fuss
  5. 5Kind of sentence that should really be more than one sentence
  6. 6Prefix with -metric
  7. 7Where churchgoers sit
  8. 9Big name in streaming TV
  9. 10"Yeah, yeah, I hear you"
  10. 13Triangular part of a house's exterior
  11. 14"Let me repeat ..."
  12. 15Dressed to the ___
  13. 16Used a chair
  14. 17Touchscreen array
  15. 18Destiny
  16. 19Website for artisanal crafts
  17. 23Large coffee holder
  18. 24Fish in a Japanese garden pond
  19. 25Do ___ feed the animals (sign at a zoo)

The answer to “Cutlery famously sold in infomercials” in the New York Times Midi crossword is GINSUKNIFE — a 10-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on October 9, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 13-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.

“Cutlery famously sold in infomercials” answer

GINSUKNIFE (10 letters)

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When else has “Cutlery famously sold in infomercials” appeared?

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October 9, 2026 (most recent) → GINSUKNIFE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Cutlery famously sold in infomercials”?

The answer is GINSUKNIFE, a 10-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on October 9, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Cutlery famously sold in infomercials”?

10 letters: GINSUKNIFE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Midi crossword on October 9, 2026 (a Friday puzzle), at 13-Across.

Can “Cutlery famously sold in infomercials” 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 this day's NYT Midi answers?

The full grid for October 9, 2026 is on the NYT Midi answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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