Overnight flight

Latest answer — April 10, 2026

6 Down

This late-night trip may leave passengers yawning at dawn. ✈️

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NYT Midi Crossword

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Across

  1. 1Certain food-service delivery worker, familiarly
  2. 7Variety of beer with a rhyming name
  3. 8Like Mr. Ripley
  4. 9"Mad Men" antihero ___ Draper
  5. 10Night before
  6. 11Highest point
  7. 12Photo of a broken bone, say
  8. 13French fashion inits.
  9. 15Had a meal
  10. 16Rich by one's own efforts
  11. 19Collective term for British nobility
  12. 20Extra features

Down

  1. 1The N.F.L.'s Cowboys, on sports tickers
  2. 2Longtime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek
  3. 3Title for Sanders and Booker: Abbr.
  4. 4"Drink" for constant critics
  5. 5Lift up
  6. 6Overnight flight
  7. 7Adorned with wood, as a vintage station wagon
  8. 8Favorite in a tournament
  9. 9Business where you might say "ahh" ... and whose name ends in a rhyme of "ahh"
  10. 14Wolverine, Storm or Cyclops
  11. 17To and ___
  12. 18Dept. of Justice heads, for short

The answer to “Overnight flight” in the New York Times Midi crossword is REDEYE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on April 10, 2026 at 6-Down. 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.

“Overnight flight” answer

REDEYE (6 letters)

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Why the answer is REDEYE

This late-night trip may leave passengers yawning at dawn. ✈️

What does REDEYE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of REDEYE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • the undesirable effect in flash photography of people appearing to have red eyes, caused by a reflection from the retina when the flashgun is too near the camera lens
  • a flight on which a passenger cannot expect to get much sleep on account of the time of departure or arrival
  • a freshwater fish with red eyes, in particular a rudd or a rock bass

When else has “Overnight flight” 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.

April 10, 2026 (most recent) → REDEYE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Overnight flight”?

The answer is REDEYE, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on April 10, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Overnight flight”?

6 letters: REDEYE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Midi crossword on April 10, 2026, at 6-Down.

Can “Overnight flight” 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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