Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Friday, June 5, 2026
Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Friday, June 5, 2026 (puzzle #36)? 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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- 1A. Variant of a biblical woman's name (4)
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SARA - 5A. Wichita tribe of the Southern Plains (4)
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WACO - 9A. Hanging by a thread (10)
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PRECARIOUS - 12A. Step on the gas (10)
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ACCELERATE - 13A. Sheepskin faked up as fur (6)
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MOUTON - 14A. Sainte, on a French map (3)
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STE - 15A. Crust with a filling (3)
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PIE - 16A. Twinkler in the night sky (4)
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STAR - 17A. Engineer's detailed plan, briefly (4)
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SPEC - 19A. Buddy to hang around with (3)
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PAL - 20A. Lever that propels a rowboat (3)
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OAR - 21A. It starts breaking down starches (6)
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SALIVA - 24A. Just a fragment of the whole (10)
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FRACTIONAL - 26A. Reaching a goal through effort (10)
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ATTAINMENT - 27A. Full cycle of seasons (4)
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YEAR - 28A. Township in Simcoe County, Ontario (4)
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Down answers
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- 1D. Junk flooding your inbox (4)
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SPAM - 2D. Use the bow again, in music (4)
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ARCO - 3D. Bounce back from illness (10)
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RECUPERATE - 4D. Of or producing vinegar (6)
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ACETIC - 5D. Tiny Old World songbird (4)
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WREN - 6D. What we breathe (3)
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AIR - 7D. Outlines where land meets sea (10)
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COASTLINES - 8D. Get ___ here! (5)
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OUTTA - 10D. Soothing succulent (4)
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ALOE - 11D. One who foretells the future (4)
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SEER - 16D. She demanded the Baptist's head (6)
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SALOME - 17D. Upholstered seat for two or more (4)
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SOFA - 18D. One side of a contract (5)
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PARTY - 19D. What an injury delivers (4)
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PAIN - 21D. Work a spoon around the pot (4)
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STIR - 22D. Cuboid goods carriers (4)
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VANS - 23D. Alberta, abbreviated (4)
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ALTA - 25D. National authority for civil aviation (3)
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