Although the title of this puzzle is APPROXIMATELY IN THE MIDDLE, Wendy and I set ourselves the additional restraint of finding theme answers where EST is exactly IN THE MIDDLE of the answer.

Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Mini ...

How do you know the theme of the NYT crossword? The puzzles from Monday to Thursday, and typically on Sundays, feature a theme. This theme usually links at least three long across answers through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kris Holt is a writer who covers video games and word games.

Although I didn't know the reference, the answer was fairly easy to figure out. And now I've seen the commercial, and it made me laugh. I had fun searching for the SECRET ADMIRERs here.