Core

The answer

MIDST

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MIDST answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• HEART (31 uses in xd)
• PITH (22 uses in xd)
• ESSENCE (19 uses in xd)
• KERNEL (6 uses in xd)
• NUB (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for MIDST

Every other clue in this collection answered by MIDST, most used first.

• Center - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• In the ___ of (among) - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Central part - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Heart - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Thick - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Central position - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Central spot - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Central point - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• In the ___ of (surrounded by) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• In the thick of - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• In the __ of - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Interior - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Opposite of edge - used 7 times, most recently in 2005

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Core belief - TENET, used 76 times
• Core group - CADRE, used 76 times
• Core - HEART, used 31 times
• Core principle - TENET, used 20 times
• Core exercise - PLANK, used 6 times
• Core group? - SEEDS, used 6 times

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