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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Monday, October 5, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Monday, October 5, 2026 (puzzle #39)? 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 1A2M3B4E5R6C7A8M9P10FORAY11OBOE12ADORE13VOTE14RENT15WART16CH17EERIO18SHINDIG19HIND20AI21D22E23HATE24ANNEX25IRIS26SCALP27MESS28HELLO
Completed grid for the October 5, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Golden fossilized resin gemstone (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer AMBER
  2. 6A. Tented base for troops (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CAMP
  3. 10A. Toe-dip into unfamiliar territory (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FORAY
  4. 11A. Double-reed wooden instrument (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OBOE
  5. 12A. Put on a pedestal (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ADORE
  6. 13A. Decide by majority (4)
    Hint V · · ·
    Answer VOTE
  7. 14A. Monthly payment to a landlord (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RENT
  8. 15A. Hard benign epidermal growth (4)
    Hint W · · ·
    Answer WART
  9. 16A. Brit's breezy goodbye (7)
    Hint C · · · · · ·
    Answer CHEERIO
  10. 18A. Rip-roaring hoedown (7)
    Hint S · · · · · ·
    Answer SHINDIG
  11. 19A. Female red deer (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HIND
  12. 20A. Officer serving a superior (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AIDE
  13. 23A. Deep emotional abhorrence (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HATE
  14. 24A. Section tacked onto a report (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ANNEX
  15. 25A. Showy purple perennial flower (4)
    Hint I · · ·
    Answer IRIS
  16. 26A. Shampoo massages it (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SCALP
  17. 27A. Sticky situation (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MESS
  18. 28A. Casual friendly greeting (5)
    Hint H · · · ·
    Answer HELLO

Down answers

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  1. 1D. From a great distance (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AFAR
  2. 2D. Airplane ___ (phone setting) (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MODE
  3. 3D. Smoker's chronic cough diagnosis (10)
    Hint B · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer BRONCHITIS
  4. 4D. Rustic lack of polish (10)
    Hint E · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer EARTHINESS
  5. 5D. Cereal grain for whiskey (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RYE
  6. 6D. Cousin of correlation, unnormalized (10)
    Hint C · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer COVARIANCE
  7. 7D. Indigenous, in Australian usage (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ABORIGINAL
  8. 8D. School or club creed (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MOTTO
  9. 9D. British penny coin colloquially (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PEE
  10. 15D. Day before Thurs., briefly (3)
    Hint W · ·
    Answer WED
  11. 17D. One's demise, poetically (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer END
  12. 18D. Divvy up equally (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SHARE
  13. 21D. Shady little valley (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DELL
  14. 22D. Big public exhibition (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EXPO
  15. 23D. Referring to that guy (3)
    Hint H · ·
    Answer HIM
  16. 24D. Scattered at sea, sometimes (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ASH