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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Monday, May 25, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Monday, May 25, 2026 (puzzle #25)? 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 1A2M3P4S5P6A7C8S9MOAT10EBOO11K12INSI13STENCE14ROSCOE15SIR16TAKE17STAR18HOGS19WAIL20ONE21BALTI22C23POW24ERHOUSE25SUAVE26OTTO27SYED28NESS
Completed grid for the May 25, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Stage stack units (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AMPS
  2. 5A. Lobby funding groups (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PACS
  3. 9A. Castle's wet defense (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MOAT
  4. 10A. Kindle download (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EBOOK
  5. 12A. Pressing demand (10)
    Hint I · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer INSISTENCE
  6. 14A. Gangster's pocket piece (6)
    Hint R · · · · ·
    Answer ROSCOE
  7. 15A. Knight's prefix (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SIR
  8. 16A. Director's shot (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TAKE
  9. 17A. Top billing earner (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STAR
  10. 18A. Greedy farm dwellers (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HOGS
  11. 19A. Banshee's cry (4)
    Hint W · · ·
    Answer WAIL
  12. 20A. Loneliest number (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer ONE
  13. 21A. Sea bordering Estonia (6)
    Hint B · · · · ·
    Answer BALTIC
  14. 23A. Dynamo of a team (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer POWERHOUSE
  15. 25A. Smooth in a tux (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SUAVE
  16. 26A. Rose-petal essence (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OTTO
  17. 27A. Common Arabic given name (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SYED
  18. 28A. Coastal headland (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NESS

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Islamic ruler (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AMIR
  2. 2D. Dull and droning (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MONOTONOUS
  3. 3D. Connecting corridor (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PASSAGEWAY
  4. 4D. Remote rural parts (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer STICKS
  5. 5D. "For ___'s sake!" (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PETE
  6. 6D. Honest president, familiarly (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ABE
  7. 7D. Make up; compose (10)
    Hint C · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CONSTITUTE
  8. 8D. Left-leaning advocates (10)
    Hint S · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer SOCIALISTS
  9. 11D. Scottish surname (4)
    Hint K · · ·
    Answer KERR
  10. 13D. State-owned firm, briefly (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SOE
  11. 17D. Old West watering hole (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SALOON
  12. 18D. Beer-flavoring flowers (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HOPS
  13. 19D. Guitar pedal effect (3)
    Hint W · ·
    Answer WAH
  14. 21D. Raised on a farm (4)
    Hint B · · ·
    Answer BRED
  15. 22D. Boardroom heads (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CEOS
  16. 24D. Night before (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EVE