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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Sunday, August 30, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Sunday, August 30, 2026 (puzzle #3)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 20 across · 16 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1S2T3A4R5M6A7M8A9ARCH10EXER11T12LACY13TENTH14ENEM15Y16SOFA17SPEA18K19PUT20APT21ME22TAL23LOA24F25GRUN26T27ALBU28M29USER30SALSA31CASE32REST33ELSE
Completed grid for the August 30, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Sirius, for one (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STAR
  2. 5A. Toddler's word for mother (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MAMA
  3. 9A. Chief, as a rival (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ARCH
  4. 10A. Wield, as authority (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EXERT
  5. 12A. Snowflake-fine in pattern (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LACY
  6. 13A. Bowling's final frame (5)
    Hint T · · · ·
    Answer TENTH
  7. 14A. Sugar, to a dentist (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer ENEMY
  8. 16A. Living room's long seat (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SOFA
  9. 17A. Use words out loud (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SPEAK
  10. 19A. Place on the shelf (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PUT
  11. 20A. Bright and quick-witted (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer APT
  12. 21A. Headbanger's music genre (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer METAL
  13. 23A. Curled-up cat's shape? (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LOAF
  14. 25A. Infantry soldier, in slang (5)
    Hint G · · · ·
    Answer GRUNT
  15. 27A. Record with several tracks (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ALBUM
  16. 29A. Library card holder, e.g. (4)
    Hint U · · ·
    Answer USER
  17. 30A. Chunky tomato-and-chili topping (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SALSA
  18. 31A. Item on the docket (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CASE
  19. 32A. Recharge one's batteries (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer REST
  20. 33A. Somewhere ___ (another place) (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer ELSE

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Black Friday draw (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SALE
  2. 2D. Like an Arctic-crossing route (10)
    Hint T · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer TRANSPOLAR
  3. 3D. Tolerable, though hardly excellent (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ACCEPTABLE
  4. 4D. Orange famously lacks one (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RHYME
  5. 5D. Manhattan museum, familiarly (3)
    Hint M · ·
    Answer MET
  6. 6D. Lumberjacks' tools (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AXES
  7. 7D. Done with monthly cycles (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MENOPAUSAL
  8. 8D. The fox's defining quality (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ARTFULNESS
  9. 11D. Specific one over yonder (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer THAT
  10. 15D. Thanksgiving side with marshmallows (3)
    Hint Y · ·
    Answer YAM
  11. 18D. Homebrewer's alternative to bottles (3)
    Hint K · ·
    Answer KEG
  12. 20D. 'Sad to say!' (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ALAS
  13. 22D. Ceasefire between two armies (5)
    Hint T · · · ·
    Answer TRUCE
  14. 24D. Hover worriedly over details (4)
    Hint F · · ·
    Answer FUSS
  15. 26D. Thing decorated each December (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TREE
  16. 28D. Judo hall flooring (3)
    Hint M · ·
    Answer MAT