The Midi Crossword (Greatest Games)

About The Midi Crossword (Greatest Games)

The Midi sits between the mini and the full newspaper crossword. Its grid runs from 7x7 to 9x9, with room for longer answers and many more crossings than a 5x5, while still fitting into a coffee break. It follows the week like a classic crossword: 7x7 from Monday to Thursday, 8x8 on Friday and Saturday, and 9x9 on Sunday, the same grid for everyone each day.

You tap a square and type, tap again or press space to switch between Across and Down, and use Tab to jump to the next clue. The puzzle is timed, and your time is your score; the clock only runs while you are playing, so pausing or switching tabs costs nothing. Check and Reveal options help with a letter, a word or the whole puzzle.

The Midi Crossword is one of the daily games on Greatest Games, a site of word and logic puzzles. A new puzzle goes up every day at midnight US Eastern, the same for everyone, and it plays free in the browser with no account or download. A free account opens the The Midi Crossword archive of every past puzzle by date, and the site also has a 5x5 Mini and a 4x4 Nano.

How to play The Midi Crossword (Greatest Games)

1. Open The Midi Crossword on greatest.games.
2. Tap a square and type your answer.
3. Tap again or press space to switch between Across and Down; Tab moves to the next clue.
4. Use crossing answers to fill the harder clues.
5. Use Check or Reveal if stuck, and finish all squares to stop the clock.

Tips

• Start with the short fill-in-the-blank clues to seed the grid.
• On Sundays, expect a bigger grid and set aside more time.
• Set the cursor to skip filled squares in Settings for faster typing.
• Pause if interrupted; the clock waits for you.

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