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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Sunday, October 4, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Sunday, October 4, 2026 (puzzle #38)? 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 1C2H3E4W5B6A7C8K9RUDE10ALGAE11OMIT12LOOPY13OAT14GIN15KNO16WLED17G18E19ERRONEOU20S21ASS22ARE23B24A25SIS26FLEW27UNITY28LIKE29MYTH30YEAR
Completed grid for the October 4, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Ponder, with 'over' (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CHEW
  2. 5A. Where a knapsack rides (4)
    Hint B · · ·
    Answer BACK
  3. 9A. Skipping the thank-you note (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RUDE
  4. 10A. Kelp and diatoms, collectively (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ALGAE
  5. 11A. Not include at all (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OMIT
  6. 12A. Crazy, eccentric, or silly (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LOOPY
  7. 13A. Single grain in porridge (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer OAT
  8. 14A. Piney, botanical clear spirit (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GIN
  9. 15A. Understanding of a subject (9)
    Hint K · · · · · · · ·
    Answer KNOWLEDGE
  10. 19A. Off the mark, factually (9)
    Hint E · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ERRONEOUS
  11. 21A. Onager, for one (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ASS
  12. 22A. Copula for plural subjects (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ARE
  13. 23A. Grounds for an assertion (5)
    Hint B · · · ·
    Answer BASIS
  14. 26A. Went by, as time (4)
    Hint F · · ·
    Answer FLEW
  15. 27A. Number one in mathematics (5)
    Hint U · · · ·
    Answer UNITY
  16. 28A. Take a shine to (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LIKE
  17. 29A. Popular misconception or legend (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MYTH
  18. 30A. School academic period (4)
    Hint Y · · ·
    Answer YEAR

Down answers

Tap Hint for the first letter, or Answer for the full solution.

  1. 1D. 'I am not a ___' (5)
    Hint C · · · ·
    Answer CROOK
  2. 2D. Gentle, civil, and merciful (6)
    Hint H · · · · ·
    Answer HUMANE
  3. 3D. Newspaper copy polisher (6)
    Hint E · · · · ·
    Answer EDITOR
  4. 4D. Soaked by the rain (3)
    Hint W · ·
    Answer WET
  5. 5D. Person with flaxen hair (6)
    Hint B · · · · ·
    Answer BLONDE
  6. 6D. Preceding the present day (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer AGO
  7. 7D. Mushroom's umbrella head (3)
    Hint C · ·
    Answer CAP
  8. 8D. Low coral reef island (3)
    Hint K · ·
    Answer KEY
  9. 10D. Sci-fi extraterrestrials (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ALIENS
  10. 14D. Vogue, for one (6)
    Hint G · · · · ·
    Answer GLOSSY
  11. 16D. Ghost gliding through walls (6)
    Hint W · · · · ·
    Answer WRAITH
  12. 17D. Penalty-shot opponent (6)
    Hint G · · · · ·
    Answer GOALIE
  13. 18D. California's state motto (6)
    Hint E · · · · ·
    Answer EUREKA
  14. 20D. Subterranean effluent tunnel (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SEWER
  15. 23D. Homeless drifter (3)
    Hint B · ·
    Answer BUM
  16. 24D. Some, in a question (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ANY
  17. 25D. Rest on a chair (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SIT
  18. 26D. Pilot a small plane (3)
    Hint F · ·
    Answer FLY