Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Thursday, September 24, 2026
Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Thursday, September 24, 2026 (puzzle #28)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 16 across · 18 down.
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Across answers
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- 1A. Short thick hand digit (5)
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THUMB - 6A. Calculate the sum of (3)
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ADD - 9A. Raring to go (5)
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EAGER - 10A. Horror movie fake blood (4)
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GORE - 12A. Art mixing various formats (10)
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MULTIMEDIA - 14A. Single strand in twine (3)
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PLY - 15A. Beat-up old jalopy (6)
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BANGER - 16A. Less yielding under pressure (6)
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HARDER - 17A. Paralyzing psychological terror (6)
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PHOBIA - 19A. Pigmented ring around nipple (6)
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AREOLA - 20A. "___ Framed Roger Rabbit" (3)
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WHO - 23A. Lava lamp's operating principle (10)
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CONVECTION - 25A. Pitch and timbre of voice (4)
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TONE - 26A. Prickly evergreen holiday bush (5)
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HOLLY - 27A. Considerably, before "better" (3)
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FAR - 28A. Refraction measure in optics (5)
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Down answers
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- 1D. Short-term office worker (4)
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TEMP - 2D. Loot from a robbery (4)
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HAUL - 3D. Unpleasant to look at (4)
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UGLY - 4D. Made, as a deadline (3)
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MET - 5D. Susceptible to shady money (8)
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BRIBABLE - 6D. Meeting's list of topics (6)
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AGENDA - 7D. Darkroom lightening technique (5)
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DODGE - 8D. More like the Sahara (5)
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DRIER - 11D. Target of a whisper (3)
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EAR - 13D. Sombrero-wearing brass ensemble (8)
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MARIACHI - 16D. Clean carpets with suction (6)
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HOOVER - 17D. Evidence establishing a fact (5)
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PROOF - 18D. Tint hair without chemicals (5)
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HENNA - 19D. Do more than talk (3)
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ACT - 20D. Untamed country (4)
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WILD - 21D. Opening in the ground (4)
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HOLE - 22D. Silky black ornamental stone (4)
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ONYX - 24D. Massive metric weight unit (3)
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