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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (puzzle #6)? 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 1A2M3B4U5S6H7O8F9F10GUINEA11FLU12ESTEEM13FIR14TEAK15VERY16RE17PORT18P19ATROL20PITH21LU22M23P24ALL25SIMIL26E27PEA28ICEMAN29ASS30RESEND
Completed grid for the September 2, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Highwayman's favorite maneuver (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer AMBUSH
  2. 7A. Powered down (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer OFF
  3. 10A. Twenty-one-shilling gold piece (6)
    Hint G · · · · ·
    Answer GUINEA
  4. 11A. Chills, aches, and fever (3)
    Hint F · ·
    Answer FLU
  5. 12A. Respect earned over years (6)
    Hint E · · · · ·
    Answer ESTEEM
  6. 13A. Softwood used for framing (3)
    Hint F · ·
    Answer FIR
  7. 14A. Yacht decking timber (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TEAK
  8. 15A. Truly, in older usage (4)
    Hint V · · ·
    Answer VERY
  9. 16A. Bang of a gunshot (6)
    Hint R · · · · ·
    Answer REPORT
  10. 18A. Border-guarding unit (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer PATROL
  11. 20A. Meat of the argument (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PITH
  12. 21A. Sluggish, dull sort (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LUMP
  13. 24A. The lot of them (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ALL
  14. 25A. Figurative expression of resemblance (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SIMILE
  15. 27A. Wasabi-coated snack bit (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PEA
  16. 28A. Otzi, the alpine mummy (6)
    Hint I · · · · ·
    Answer ICEMAN
  17. 29A. Shrek's chatty sidekick, zoologically (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ASS
  18. 30A. Forward a received memo (6)
    Hint R · · · · ·
    Answer RESEND

Down answers

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  1. 1D. The Bronze ___ (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer AGE
  2. 2D. Item you cannot skip (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MUST
  3. 3D. Sink teeth into (4)
    Hint B · · ·
    Answer BITE
  4. 4D. Excavate a dinosaur fossil (7)
    Hint U · · · · · ·
    Answer UNEARTH
  5. 5D. One who searches (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SEEKER
  6. 6D. Actor who never underplays (3)
    Hint H · ·
    Answer HAM
  7. 7D. Bid at an auction (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OFFER
  8. 8D. Toy with danger (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FLIRT
  9. 9D. Avenging goddess of myth (4)
    Hint F · · ·
    Answer FURY
  10. 15D. Hardcovers lining the study (7)
    Hint V · · · · · ·
    Answer VOLUMES
  11. 17D. Patrol neighborhood city streets (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer POLICE
  12. 18D. Raked-up leaf mounds (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer PILES
  13. 19D. Bound collection of continents? (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ATLAS
  14. 20D. Mama's counterpart (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PAPA
  15. 22D. Face-painted street performer (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MIME
  16. 23D. Formulate a strategy beforehand (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PLAN
  17. 25D. Elton John's earned title (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SIR
  18. 26D. Aim or objective (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer END