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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Saturday, May 16, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Saturday, May 16, 2026 (puzzle #16)? 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 1A2C3M4E5C6R7A8P9THOM10HULL11S12ORNA13MENTAL14MOTION15ECO16NELL17BREW18DISS19SEAM20ICS21PARTE22D23FLO24RENTINE25FERAL26HOTS27DIME28ANSI
Completed grid for the May 16, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Cartoon anvil supplier (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ACME
  2. 5A. Total rubbish (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CRAP
  3. 9A. Radiohead's Yorke (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer THOM
  4. 10A. Sunflower seed shells (5)
    Hint H · · · ·
    Answer HULLS
  5. 12A. Purely decorative (10)
    Hint O · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ORNAMENTAL
  6. 14A. Meeting proposal to vote on (6)
    Hint M · · · · ·
    Answer MOTION
  7. 15A. Green prefix (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ECO
  8. 16A. Short Eleanor (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NELL
  9. 17A. Pub pint (4)
    Hint B · · ·
    Answer BREW
  10. 18A. Rapper's insult (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DISS
  11. 19A. Tailor's stitched line (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SEAM
  12. 20A. Calendar file extension (3)
    Hint I · ·
    Answer ICS
  13. 21A. Went separate ways (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer PARTED
  14. 23A. Eggs ___ (spinach dish) (10)
    Hint F · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer FLORENTINE
  15. 25A. Gone wild (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FERAL
  16. 26A. Lustful crush, with 'the' (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HOTS
  17. 27A. Ten-cent piece (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DIME
  18. 28A. American standards body (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ANSI

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Tiniest bit of an element (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ATOM
  2. 2D. Recorded over time (10)
    Hint C · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CHRONICLED
  3. 3D. Italian education method (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MONTESSORI
  4. 4D. Inbox arrivals (6)
    Hint E · · · · ·
    Answer EMAILS
  5. 5D. Most common surname in Taiwan (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CHEN
  6. 6D. Move swiftly (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RUN
  7. 7D. Tailor's tweak (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ALTERATION
  8. 8D. Job-training postings (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PLACEMENTS
  9. 11D. Like molasses (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SLOW
  10. 13D. Skin spot, shortened (3)
    Hint M · ·
    Answer MOL
  11. 17D. Old-fashioned woman's name (6)
    Hint B · · · · ·
    Answer BERTHA
  12. 18D. Difference, briefly (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DIFF
  13. 19D. Southern African people (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SAN
  14. 21D. Hawaiian volcano goddess (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PELE
  15. 22D. South Asian, informally (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DESI
  16. 24D. Computer memory, briefly (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RAM