Daily Midi Crossword: Free 10×10 Puzzle

Finished the mini and fancy a little more? Try a 10×10 grid with more clues and longer answers. Each word you fill in gives you letters for the next. Play at your own pace on your phone or computer.

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New Grid Every Day
A new British English crossword arrives at midnight UTC. Everyone playing this language version gets the same grid, so you can compare times with friends.
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A 10×10 grid
The midi has 10 rows and 10 columns, compared with the mini’s 6×5 grid. That leaves room for more words and longer answers.
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Built-In Check Tool
Complete the crossword by filling in every answer correctly. If you are unsure, use Check letter to check the selected square.
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Free, with no sign-up
Opens in any browser on phone, tablet or desktop. Nothing to download, nothing to sign up for. Your progress saves automatically in your browser.
📖 Midi crossword guide rules, controls and solving tips
How to Play the Midi Crossword
  1. 1
    Read the Across and Down clues and type your answers into the grid. Each letter at a crossing belongs to both words.
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    Use the buttons beside the clue to choose the previous or next word. Tap the selected square again to switch between Across and Down. Backspace erases a letter.
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    Complete the crossword by filling in every answer correctly. If you are unsure, use Check letter to check the selected square.
Tips for Solving the Midi

Start with the answers you know. Even a short word can give you a useful letter for a longer one.

After filling in a long answer, look at the words that cross it. You now have a few of their letters to work with.

Work through one section at a time. Start where you know a few answers and use those letters to help with the words around them.

Leave a difficult clue for later. Fill in the words around it, then come back with more letters to help you.

For Every Puzzle Lover

🧒 Kids: a bigger grid to explore together - every word you fill in is a clue to the next one.
🧑 Adults: the step up from the mini when a two-minute solve no longer cuts it - still short enough for a tea break.
👴 Older players: a satisfying daily workout for memory and vocabulary, with no time pressure and no sign-up.

Frequently Asked Questions

A midi sits between a mini and a full-size crossword. This one is a 10×10 grid with room for a few longer answers, and it still fits comfortably into a tea break.

The mini has a 6×5 grid; the midi has a 10×10 grid. The rules are the same, but the midi has more clues and room for longer answers.

It depends on the puzzle and your experience. There is no time limit, so you can take a break and come back later.

Yes, completely. No sign-up, no subscription, no paywall. Solve today's midi, then come back tomorrow for the next one.

A new British English crossword arrives at midnight UTC. Everyone playing this language version gets the same grid, so you can compare times with friends.

Yes. Open the archive in the game menu and choose one of the puzzles published so far.

Try solving the crossing words first. Their letters can help you work out the missing answer. To check a letter you have already entered, select its square and tap Check letter.

Yes. The grid is saved automatically in your browser, so you can leave mid-solve and pick the same puzzle up later on the same device.

For a smaller puzzle, try the daily mini crossword with a 6×5 grid.

For a change of pace, try the themed word search and find words hidden in a grid of letters.

Free Word Games to Play Online

Five daily puzzles, all in British English. Which one fancies a go today?

Word Connect

New

Trace letters on the wheel to fill every target slot in the grid. A free word-connect puzzle, new every day.

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Hive (Spelling Bee)

Build as many words as you can from 7 honeycomb letters. The middle letter must appear in every word - and somewhere in there is a pangram that uses the lot.

Play Spelling Bee Hive Guide

Hangman

The classic word-guessing game. A fresh mystery word every day - pick letters one by one before the stick figure is finished off. Free, no account needed.

Play Hangman Hangman Guide