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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Tuesday, May 12, 2026 (puzzle #12)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 16 across · 18 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1A2V3I4S5M6A7P8S9DIMI10NISHE11S12DEPRESSION13STRESS14LUO15ONT16HILT17A18PPS19PAP20BOE21PULP22I23T24BOR25DERLINE26ALLEGIANCE27EYES28MEAN
Completed grid for the May 12, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Rental car giant (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AVIS
  2. 5A. Atlas contents (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MAPS
  3. 9A. Shrinks down (10)
    Hint D · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer DIMINISHES
  4. 12A. Persistent gloom (10)
    Hint D · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer DEPRESSION
  5. 13A. Pressure on a beam (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer STRESS
  6. 14A. Kenyan ethnic group (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LUO
  7. 15A. Toronto's province, briefly (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer ONT
  8. 16A. Where grip meets blade (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HILT
  9. 17A. Phone screen icons (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer APPS
  10. 19A. Bland baby food (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PAP
  11. 20A. Job-offer pay note, in brief (3)
    Hint B · ·
    Answer BOE
  12. 21A. Preacher's perch (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer PULPIT
  13. 24A. Almost, but not quite (10)
    Hint B · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer BORDERLINE
  14. 26A. Pledged loyalty (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ALLEGIANCE
  15. 27A. Sizes up (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EYES
  16. 28A. Statistical average (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MEAN

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Tacks on (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ADDS
  2. 2D. Vietnamese, in short (4)
    Hint V · · ·
    Answer VIET
  3. 3D. Not the right way (10)
    Hint I · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer IMPROPERLY
  4. 4D. Mariner-luring nymphs (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SIRENS
  5. 5D. Unmarried woman's title (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MISS
  6. 6D. Stubborn beast of burden (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ASS
  7. 7D. Of Manila's nation (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PHILIPPINE
  8. 8D. South Korea's capital (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SEOUL
  9. 10D. Twiggy nursery (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NEST
  10. 11D. Nasal nuisance (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SNOT
  11. 16D. English surname (6)
    Hint H · · · · ·
    Answer HALLAM
  12. 17D. New Testament title for God (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ABBA
  13. 18D. Dorset harbour town (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer POOLE
  14. 19D. Deep-fried Indian bread (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PURI
  15. 21D. Tent fasteners (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PEGS
  16. 22D. Pre-Columbian Peruvian (4)
    Hint I · · ·
    Answer INCA
  17. 23D. One in their twenties? No (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TEEN
  18. 25D. Aberdeen's river (3)
    Hint D · ·
    Answer DEE