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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Friday, May 8, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Friday, May 8, 2026 (puzzle #8)? 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 1A2M3P4S5C6A7M8P9NARA10OPER11A12DIEL13ECTRIC14INDIGO15CET16TING17MASS18RACE19PONT20FIT21BERTH22A23INI24TIATION25DEVIN26ALOT27DENS28REDS
Completed grid for the May 8, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Guitar stage stacks (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AMPS
  2. 5A. Deliberately tacky style (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CAMP
  3. 9A. Ancient Japanese capital (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NARA
  4. 10A. Drama set to song (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OPERA
  5. 12A. Insulator in a capacitor (10)
    Hint D · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer DIELECTRIC
  6. 14A. Rainbow's penultimate hue (6)
    Hint I · · · · ·
    Answer INDIGO
  7. 15A. Paris clock standard (3)
    Hint C · ·
    Answer CET
  8. 16A. Tiny bell's voice (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TING
  9. 17A. Large-scale, as production (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MASS
  10. 18A. First-past-the-post affair (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RACE
  11. 19A. Hold a pose till stiff (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PONT
  12. 20A. Just right (3)
    Hint F · ·
    Answer FIT
  13. 21A. Shoulder-covering lace collar (6)
    Hint B · · · · ·
    Answer BERTHA
  14. 23A. Secret society's welcome rite (10)
    Hint I · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer INITIATION
  15. 25A. Boy's name from Irish roots (5)
    Hint D · · · ·
    Answer DEVIN
  16. 26A. Common misspelling of "a lot" (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ALOT
  17. 27A. Foxes' hideouts (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DENS
  18. 28A. Communists, informally (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer REDS

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Caucasian language of Russia (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ANDI
  2. 2D. Kept up and running (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MAINTAINED
  3. 3D. Like a crystal ball's text (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PREDICTIVE
  4. 4D. Like seawater or eyedrops (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SALINE
  5. 5D. Tropical palm, in Spanish (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer COCO
  6. 6D. Spot-on (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer APT
  7. 7D. Of trade for profit (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MERCANTILE
  8. 8D. Clergy as a body (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PRIESTHOOD
  9. 11D. Play divisions (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ACTS
  10. 13D. Nest treasure (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EGG
  11. 17D. Pestle's partner (6)
    Hint M · · · · ·
    Answer MORTAR
  12. 18D. Contactless tag tech (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RFID
  13. 19D. Pod's tiny green tenant (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PEA
  14. 21D. Trash receptacles, in Britain (4)
    Hint B · · ·
    Answer BINS
  15. 22D. Picnic crashers (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ANTS
  16. 24D. Element fifty, symbol Sn (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TIN