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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Thursday, September 17, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Thursday, September 17, 2026 (puzzle #21)? 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 1O2N3E4S5C6O7P8E9CAS10H11MAFIA12CUTE13OFFER14USEA15BLE16PEELED17D18O19N20YAM21SE22VERE23WIRETAP24A25E26RIE27EACH28LYING29RILE30LEDGE31NEW
Completed grid for the September 17, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Hole in ___ (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer ONE
  2. 4A. Span of an inquiry (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SCOPE
  3. 9A. Readily available money (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CASH
  4. 11A. La Cosa Nostra syndicate (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MAFIA
  5. 12A. Sickeningly sweet, at times (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CUTE
  6. 13A. Tender, as a resignation (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OFFER
  7. 14A. Fit for immediate service (7)
    Hint U · · · · · ·
    Answer USEABLE
  8. 16A. Stripped a banana (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer PEELED
  9. 17A. Quixote's honorific (3)
    Hint D · ·
    Answer DON
  10. 20A. Climbing vine's edible root (3)
    Hint Y · ·
    Answer YAM
  11. 21A. Very bad or acute (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SEVERE
  12. 23A. Covert telephone listening device (7)
    Hint W · · · · · ·
    Answer WIRETAP
  13. 24A. High-altitude raptor home (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer AERIE
  14. 27A. Apiece on price tags (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EACH
  15. 28A. Fibbing under oath (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LYING
  16. 29A. Agitate into a temper (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RILE
  17. 30A. Window flower box spot (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LEDGE
  18. 31A. Freshly minted (3)
    Hint N · ·
    Answer NEW

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Hold, as an office (6)
    Hint O · · · · ·
    Answer OCCUPY
  2. 2D. Deep disgust, figuratively (6)
    Hint N · · · · ·
    Answer NAUSEA
  3. 3D. Value greatly (6)
    Hint E · · · · ·
    Answer ESTEEM
  4. 4D. Fume with suppressed resentment (7)
    Hint S · · · · · ·
    Answer SMOLDER
  5. 5D. Charming neighborhood coffee spot (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CAFE
  6. 6D. Sounding a bit wrong (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer OFF
  7. 7D. Pumpkin or pecan dessert (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PIE
  8. 8D. Head of wheat (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EAR
  9. 10D. Restore to soundness (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HEAL
  10. 15D. Bombard with questions (7)
    Hint B · · · · · ·
    Answer BESIEGE
  11. 17D. Keep after school (6)
    Hint D · · · · ·
    Answer DETAIN
  12. 18D. Consultant on future outcomes (6)
    Hint O · · · · ·
    Answer ORACLE
  13. 19D. Young male family relation (6)
    Hint N · · · · ·
    Answer NEPHEW
  14. 22D. Turn sharply off course (4)
    Hint V · · ·
    Answer VEER
  15. 23D. Hospital side corridor section (4)
    Hint W · · ·
    Answer WING
  16. 24D. Conductor's cry before 'aboard' (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ALL
  17. 25D. Cornea's home (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EYE
  18. 26D. Throw away useless clutter (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RID