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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (puzzle #6)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 18 across · 16 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1A2M3A4L5C6R7A8P9ROTE10EURO11S12ANTA13GONIST14MORRIS15TSA16GANG17THEY18ORCS19GEMS20PAT21CARES22S23EPI24GENETIC25CHOIR26SIVA27SNOT28ACER
Completed grid for the May 6, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Given name, male or female (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AMAL
  2. 5A. Total rubbish (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CRAP
  3. 9A. Mindless repetition (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer ROTE
  4. 10A. Spending money in Paris (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EUROS
  5. 12A. Story's villain (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ANTAGONIST
  6. 14A. English folk dance (6)
    Hint M · · · · ·
    Answer MORRIS
  7. 15A. Airport screeners, briefly (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TSA
  8. 16A. Crew of cohorts (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GANG
  9. 17A. Nonbinary pronoun (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer THEY
  10. 18A. Tolkien's foot soldiers (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer ORCS
  11. 19A. Jeweler's treasures (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GEMS
  12. 20A. Reassuring tap (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PAT
  13. 21A. Loving touch (6)
    Hint C · · · · ·
    Answer CARESS
  14. 23A. Beyond the genes (10)
    Hint E · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer EPIGENETIC
  15. 25A. Sunday singers (5)
    Hint C · · · ·
    Answer CHOIR
  16. 26A. Shiva variant (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SIVA
  17. 27A. Tissue's quarry (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SNOT
  18. 28A. Maple's genus (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ACER

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Biblical region in Syria (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ARAM
  2. 2D. Single-subject scholarly books (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MONOGRAPHS
  3. 3D. Magnetic pull (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ATTRACTION
  4. 4D. Picks up knowledge (6)
    Hint L · · · · ·
    Answer LEARNS
  5. 5D. Corner-office crowd (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CEOS
  6. 6D. Quick errand (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RUN
  7. 7D. Adding and subtracting (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ARITHMETIC
  8. 8D. Like 'mine' and 'yours' (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer POSSESSIVE
  9. 11D. Execution delay (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STAY
  10. 13D. Band's booking (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GIG
  11. 17D. Theresa, in Spain (6)
    Hint T · · · · ·
    Answer TERESA
  12. 18D. Oil cartel acronym (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OPEC
  13. 19D. Began, archaically (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GAN
  14. 21D. Sure thing, briefly (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CERT
  15. 22D. Wound's reminder (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SCAR
  16. 24D. Giovanni, for short (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GIO