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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (puzzle #13)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 18 across · 16 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1S2C3O4R5E6G7E8M9LOVER10AXI11S12OMEGA13TUNA14BARE15BEBOP16SN17EAKER18SHELTER19ALARM20EA21R22N23SODA24APNEA25SPOT26RECAP27EWE28CREPE
Completed grid for the September 9, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. 3-2, for instance (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SCORE
  2. 6A. Pitcher's dominant outing (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GEM
  3. 9A. Sweetheart or paramour (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LOVER
  4. 10A. Spinning top's center line (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AXIS
  5. 12A. Horseshoe-shaped Greek letter (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OMEGA
  6. 13A. Canned sandwich fish (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TUNA
  7. 14A. Stripped of all coverings (4)
    Hint B · · ·
    Answer BARE
  8. 15A. Amble along carefree (5)
    Hint B · · · ·
    Answer BEBOP
  9. 16A. Cushioned training footwear (7)
    Hint S · · · · · ·
    Answer SNEAKER
  10. 18A. Refuge from the elements (7)
    Hint S · · · · · ·
    Answer SHELTER
  11. 19A. Loud morning wake-up buzzer (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ALARM
  12. 20A. Deserve through effort (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EARN
  13. 23A. Bubbly carbonated soft drink (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SODA
  14. 24A. Sleep-disrupting pause (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer APNEA
  15. 25A. Leopard's marking (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SPOT
  16. 26A. Sum up briefly (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RECAP
  17. 27A. Female shorn each spring (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EWE
  18. 28A. Breton street-food pancake (5)
    Hint C · · · ·
    Answer CREPE

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Ketchup-stained shirt wearer (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SLOB
  2. 2D. Food ___ after Thanksgiving (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer COMA
  3. 3D. Diminish a sibling's achievements (10)
    Hint O · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer OVERSHADOW
  4. 4D. Renew from scratch (10)
    Hint R · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer REGENERATE
  5. 5D. Mesozoic, for one (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ERA
  6. 6D. Cerberus, in Greek myth (10)
    Hint G · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer GATEKEEPER
  7. 7D. Overflowing zest for life (10)
    Hint E · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer EXUBERANCE
  8. 8D. Under legal drinking age (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MINOR
  9. 11D. Maple syrup's raw source (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SAP
  10. 15D. Belfry resident? (3)
    Hint B · ·
    Answer BAT
  11. 17D. Bark beetles doomed it (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ELM
  12. 18D. Tilt gradually downward (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SLOPE
  13. 19D. Hooved carrier of firewood (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ASS
  14. 21D. Collect the benefits of (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer REAP
  15. 22D. Back part of the neck (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NAPE
  16. 24D. Welder's blinding flash (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ARC