NYT Midi hints

1 Across: Magician's stage item, e.g. (4 letters)

5 Across: Pleads (4 letters)

9 Across: BMW rival (4 letters)

10 Across: Dark purple berry (4 letters)

11 Across: Orange-yellow cracker topper (9 letters)

13 Across: "When Breath Becomes ___" (2016 best-selling memoir) (3 letters)

14 Across: Solo (5 letters)

15 Across: Classic movie theater candy with white sprinkles (7 letters)

18 Across: Treats that sound like something Santa would enjoy (5 letters)

19 Across: Pulled up a chair (3 letters)

22 Across: Informative TV spot, for short (3 letters)

24 Across: Government org. with a forerunner known as the Cipher Bureau (3 letters)

25 Across: Colorful cereal with a toucan mascot (10 letters)

29 Across: Nickname for Louise (4 letters)

30 Across: Green ogre (5 letters)

31 Across: Throw forcefully, in Gen Z slang (4 letters)

32 Across: Signs of things to come (5 letters)

1 Down: Al of "The Godfather" (6 letters)

2 Down: Worried exclamation from Scooby-Doo (6 letters)

3 Down: Praiseful poem (3 letters)

4 Down: Dessert with a lattice crust, perhaps (3 letters)

5 Down: Cries one's eyes out (5 letters)

6 Down: Reverberation (4 letters)

7 Down: "No pain, no ___" (gym rat's motto) (4 letters)

8 Down: L, XL or XXL (4 letters)

12 Down: Sound in a sci-fi comic (3 letters)

13 Down: ___ Wednesday (3 letters)

16 Down: Unsatisfying excuse (6 letters)

17 Down: Helper: Abbr. (4 letters)

19 Down: Make 💤 sounds (5 letters)

20 Down: Ski town near Buttermilk Mountain (5 letters)

21 Down: Workplace assignments (5 letters)

23 Down: Additionally (4 letters)

25 Down: Travel by plane (3 letters)

26 Down: Regret (3 letters)

27 Down: Nashville's Grand ___ Opry (3 letters)

28 Down: Unit of electrical resistance (3 letters)