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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Friday, May 22, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Friday, May 22, 2026 (puzzle #22)? 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 1A2B3L4E5C6A7S8A9RAID10OKAD11A12ARBI13TRATOR14BRETON15ELE16IRON17PLEA18TSAR19PALS20ATL21MONIC22A23REI24TERATED25ARSON26MENA27SMES28ASTM
Completed grid for the May 22, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Up to the task (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ABLE
  2. 5A. House, to Carlos (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CASA
  3. 9A. Dawn incursion (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RAID
  4. 10A. Nigerian motorcycle taxi (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OKADA
  5. 12A. Dispute settler (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ARBITRATOR
  6. 14A. Tongue of Brittany (6)
    Hint B · · · · ·
    Answer BRETON
  7. 15A. Pachyderm, briefly (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ELE
  8. 16A. Will of steel? (4)
    Hint I · · ·
    Answer IRON
  9. 17A. Heartfelt appeal (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PLEA
  10. 18A. Drug ___, perhaps (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TSAR
  11. 19A. Buddies (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PALS
  12. 20A. Atlantic, briefly (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ATL
  13. 21A. Friends roommate (6)
    Hint M · · · · ·
    Answer MONICA
  14. 23A. Said again for emphasis (10)
    Hint R · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer REITERATED
  15. 25A. Fiery crime (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ARSON
  16. 26A. Middle East and N. Africa (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MENA
  17. 27A. Small firms, for short (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SMES
  18. 28A. Materials testing org. (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ASTM

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Native of the peninsula (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ARAB
  2. 2D. Wigged courtroom advocates (10)
    Hint B · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer BARRISTERS
  3. 3D. Freedom-first politics (10)
    Hint L · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer LIBERALISM
  4. 4D. Red-pen wielder (6)
    Hint E · · · · ·
    Answer EDITOR
  5. 5D. Cob's bounty (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CORN
  6. 6D. In other words (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer AKA
  7. 7D. Orbiting companions (10)
    Hint S · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer SATELLITES
  8. 8D. Awkward-years youth (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ADOLESCENT
  9. 11D. Surface measurement (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AREA
  10. 13D. Hefty weight (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TON
  11. 17D. Canal country (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer PANAMA
  12. 18D. Hill of ancient Irish kings (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TARA
  13. 19D. Portugal, on scoreboards (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer POR
  14. 21D. Obsolete form of men's (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MENS
  15. 22D. Eden's first resident (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ADAM
  16. 24D. Sock's far end (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TOE