NYT Midi Crossword Clues & Answers - May 7

Mother of All Things

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NYT Midi Crossword Clues

Across

  1. 1What a furnace provides
  2. 5Nat Geo or Time, for short
  3. 8Breakfast items favored by Eleven on "Stranger Things"
  4. 10Letters before a texter's two cents
  5. 11Nary a soul
  6. 12Sound on a dairy farm
  7. 13Know-it-all
  8. 15Words from Caesar to Brutus
  9. 18Unit that is equivalent to about 4,000 blocks in Minecraft
  10. 19Bring into the police station, say
  11. 21Fish eggs
  12. 22Exposed
  13. 26Features on the back of most airplane seats
  14. 27Cheer for an opera diva
  15. 28Guys
  16. 29Website with a "Deals" tab

Down

  1. 1Mother ___ (doting sort)
  2. 2Counterpart to Freud's id
  3. 3In the past
  4. 4Mother ___ (first language, often)
  5. 5Impersonate
  6. 6Love, in French
  7. 7Mother ___ (name in nursery rhymes)
  8. 9Look at
  9. 14Mother ___ (personification of all living things)
  10. 15Mother ___ (Greek goddess Gaia, essentially)
  11. 16Stash of treasure
  12. 17Lock of hair
  13. 20Shed many tears
  14. 23Keyboard button above Caps Lock
  15. 24Actress Mendes
  16. 25"Happy Mother's ___!"

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. What a furnace provides — Answer: HEAT
  2. 5. Nat Geo or Time, for short — Answer: MAG
  3. 8. Breakfast items favored by Eleven on "Stranger Things" — Answer: EGGOS
  4. 10. Letters before a texter's two cents — Answer: IMO
  5. 11. Nary a soul — Answer: NOONE
  6. 12. Sound on a dairy farm — Answer: MOO
  7. 13. Know-it-all — Answer: GENIUS
  8. 15. Words from Caesar to Brutus — Answer: ETTU
  9. 18. Unit that is equivalent to about 4,000 blocks in Minecraft — Answer: ACRE
  10. 19. Bring into the police station, say — Answer: ARREST
  11. 21. Fish eggs — Answer: ROE
  12. 22. Exposed — Answer: OUTED
  13. 26. Features on the back of most airplane seats — Answer: TVS
  14. 27. Cheer for an opera diva — Answer: BRAVA
  15. 28. Guys — Answer: HES
  16. 29. Website with a "Deals" tab — Answer: EBAY

Down

  1. 1. Mother ___ (doting sort) — Answer: HEN
  2. 2. Counterpart to Freud's id — Answer: EGO
  3. 3. In the past — Answer: AGO
  4. 4. Mother ___ (first language, often) — Answer: TONGUE
  5. 5. Impersonate — Answer: MIMIC
  6. 6. Love, in French — Answer: AMOUR
  7. 7. Mother ___ (name in nursery rhymes) — Answer: GOOSE
  8. 9. Look at — Answer: SEE
  9. 14. Mother ___ (personification of all living things) — Answer: NATURE
  10. 15. Mother ___ (Greek goddess Gaia, essentially) — Answer: EARTH
  11. 16. Stash of treasure — Answer: TROVE
  12. 17. Lock of hair — Answer: TRESS
  13. 20. Shed many tears — Answer: SOB
  14. 23. Keyboard button above Caps Lock — Answer: TAB
  15. 24. Actress Mendes — Answer: EVA
  16. 25. "Happy Mother's ___!" — Answer: DAY

Here are the NYT Midi Crossword answers for Thursday, May 7, 2026 — every solution for that day's mid-size puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on May 7?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Midi Crossword answers page.

NYT Midi Crossword answers for May 7, 2026

The full solution for the May 7 NYT Midi is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Thursday, May 7.

Hints for the May 7 puzzle

Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's grid, above the solutions. The May 7 Midi is the mid-size New York Times grid — bigger than the one-minute Mini, smaller than the full weekday crossword — so it sat somewhere between a quick hit and a proper sit-down solve that Thursday. It keeps the Times' clean, playful cluing, so the answers below read like a lighter version of the main puzzle rather than a Saturday-level challenge. Use the hints for the trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.

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