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 marks wrong letters and counts as an assist in your result; Reveal fills the grid and ends the day as revealed rather than solved.

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, with ads around the game unless you pay for Greatest Games Plus. A free account saves streaks and stats and opens the last 7 days of puzzles; Plus opens the full archive and removes the ads. The site also has a 5x5 Mini and a 4x4 Nano.