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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Saturday, August 29, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Saturday, August 29, 2026 (puzzle #2)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 18 across · 18 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1S2E3C4T5S6T7A8G9TROO10P11TAME12ROUTE13OXEN14ADREN15ALINE16WET17CUE18PIT19S20H21E22U23N24POLI25SHED26NULL27STING28IDEA29MINCE30TEAR31REED
Completed grid for the August 29, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Cult's slightly tamer cousin (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SECT
  2. 5A. Adult male forest deer (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STAG
  3. 9A. Unit of mounted soldiers (5)
    Hint T · · · ·
    Answer TROOP
  4. 11A. Housebroken and friendly (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TAME
  5. 12A. Bus driver's daily path (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer ROUTE
  6. 13A. Strong draft animals (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OXEN
  7. 14A. Heart-pounding hormone (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ADRENALINE
  8. 16A. Damp to the touch (3)
    Hint W · ·
    Answer WET
  9. 17A. Actor's signal to speak (3)
    Hint C · ·
    Answer CUE
  10. 18A. Remove a plum's center (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PIT
  11. 19A. Ship's pronoun, traditionally (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SHE
  12. 22A. Boorish and lacking refinement (10)
    Hint U · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer UNPOLISHED
  13. 26A. Of the empty set (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NULL
  14. 27A. Jellyfish's unwelcome touch (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STING
  15. 28A. Inkling or notion (4)
    Hint I · · ·
    Answer IDEA
  16. 29A. Ground beef, in Britain (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MINCE
  17. 30A. Onion-induced droplet (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TEAR
  18. 31A. Woodwind's vibrating sliver (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer REED

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Barn bedding for horses (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STRAW
  2. 2D. Wash away, as topsoil (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer ERODE
  3. 3D. Tennis playing surface (5)
    Hint C · · · ·
    Answer COURT
  4. 4D. Haul, as luggage (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TOTE
  5. 5D. Snatched a base (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STOLE
  6. 6D. Ride you flag down (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TAXI
  7. 7D. You said it! (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AMEN
  8. 8D. Recessive trait's carrier (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GENE
  9. 10D. Its point breaks mid-exam (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer PENCIL
  10. 15D. Sensory-processing condition (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer AUTISM
  11. 18D. Like midwinter in Antarctica (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer POLAR
  12. 19D. Bootblack's stock in trade (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SHINE
  13. 20D. So, in a syllogism (5)
    Hint H · · · ·
    Answer HENCE
  14. 21D. Won narrowly, with 'out' (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EDGED
  15. 22D. Apartment in residential complex (4)
    Hint U · · ·
    Answer UNIT
  16. 23D. Undraped, as a statue (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NUDE
  17. 24D. Arraignment utterance (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PLEA
  18. 25D. Move the coffee around (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STIR