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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Thursday, July 16, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Thursday, July 16, 2026 (puzzle #77)? 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 1M2A3C4S5A6L7E8S9ASAP10RAVE11N12HYPE13RSPACE14IMPEDE15COT16MUDA17PUNS18SECS19GOAD20ATC21BROTH22A23PRI24MORDIAL25SINUS26LONG27COTS28ENDO
Completed grid for the July 16, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Apple desktops (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MACS
  2. 5A. IPAs and stouts (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ALES
  3. 9A. Drop everything and do it (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ASAP
  4. 10A. Poe's poetic bird (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RAVEN
  5. 12A. Sci-fi faster-than-light realm (10)
    Hint H · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer HYPERSPACE
  6. 14A. Slow the progress of (6)
    Hint I · · · · ·
    Answer IMPEDE
  7. 15A. Folding bed (3)
    Hint C · ·
    Answer COT
  8. 16A. Lean manufacturing's term for waste (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MUDA
  9. 17A. Groan-inducing wordplay (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PUNS
  10. 18A. Be back in two ___ (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SECS
  11. 19A. Egg on (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GOAD
  12. 20A. Tower staff, in aviation initials (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ATC
  13. 21A. Soul-singer's greeting to a fellow Black man (6)
    Hint B · · · · ·
    Answer BROTHA
  14. 23A. Original, as ooze (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PRIMORDIAL
  15. 25A. Cold-clogged cavity (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SINUS
  16. 26A. Stretched out in distance (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LONG
  17. 27A. Camp beds (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer COTS
  18. 28A. BMX trick on the front wheel (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer ENDO

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Fish often paired with itself in a dish name (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MAHI
  2. 2D. Lopsided (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ASYMMETRIC
  3. 3D. Espresso topped with foamed milk (10)
    Hint C · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CAPPUCCINO
  4. 4D. Velocities (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SPEEDS
  5. 5D. Posterior, across the pond (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ARSE
  6. 6D. Where a cat curls up (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LAP
  7. 7D. Orderly leaving for safety (10)
    Hint E · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer EVACUATION
  8. 8D. Like thrift-store finds (10)
    Hint S · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer SECONDHAND
  9. 11D. Soccer goal backings (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NETS
  10. 13D. Nutrition label figure, in initials (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RDA
  11. 17D. Curly-coated show dog (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer POODLE
  12. 18D. Drains energy from (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SAPS
  13. 19D. Frustrated growl (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GRR
  14. 21D. Top dog at work (4)
    Hint B · · ·
    Answer BOSS
  15. 22D. Recommender engine, briefly (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ALGO
  16. 24D. Shortened mongrel (3)
    Hint M · ·
    Answer MUT