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"middle" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often midst (5 letters).
Definitions
Central part or point between two sides or ends.
Word origin
From Middle English myddel, middel, from Old English middel (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”).
Used in a sentence
“The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.”
“I woke up in the middle of the night.”
“In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Center area”6 letters
02“Not the edge”6 letters
03“Central part”6 letters
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