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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (puzzle #41)? 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 1O2P3T4I5C6S7A8W9DEATH10PIE11DANCE12OME13N14HE15ROINE16H17A18M19TENNIS20ANI21MAL22GET23ROSEHI24P25PITA26EA27T28E29R30NET31VIOLA32TRY33ENEMY
Completed grid for the October 7, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Visual illusion category (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OPTIC
  2. 6A. Cut lumber to length (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SAW
  3. 9A. Certain thing besides taxes (5)
    Hint D · · · ·
    Answer DEATH
  4. 10A. Easy as ___ (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PIE
  5. 11A. Prom floor pastime (5)
    Hint D · · · ·
    Answer DANCE
  6. 12A. Superstitious harbinger of luck (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OMEN
  7. 14A. Katniss Everdeen, for one (7)
    Hint H · · · · · ·
    Answer HEROINE
  8. 16A. Mug for the camera (3)
    Hint H · ·
    Answer HAM
  9. 19A. Wimbledon's main event (6)
    Hint T · · · · ·
    Answer TENNIS
  10. 20A. Brute of a person (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ANIMAL
  11. 22A. Receive as a gift (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GET
  12. 23A. Flower's fruity leftover? (7)
    Hint R · · · · · ·
    Answer ROSEHIP
  13. 25A. Pocket bread for falafel (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PITA
  14. 26A. Configuration that devours gliders (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EATER
  15. 30A. Basketball hoop's dangling mesh (3)
    Hint N · ·
    Answer NET
  16. 31A. String quartet instrument (5)
    Hint V · · · ·
    Answer VIOLA
  17. 32A. Effort that may fail (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TRY
  18. 33A. Opposing army in wartime (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer ENEMY

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Peculiar or eccentric (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer ODD
  2. 2D. Black-eyed Southern staple (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PEA
  3. 3D. Trigonometric ratio, for short (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TAN
  4. 4D. Have a hankering (4)
    Hint I · · ·
    Answer ITCH
  5. 5D. Acinonyx jubatus (7)
    Hint C · · · · · ·
    Answer CHEETAH
  6. 6D. Lie nestled front-to-back (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SPOON
  7. 7D. Lining up a shot (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer AIMING
  8. 8D. Campfire roasted hot dog (6)
    Hint W · · · · ·
    Answer WEENIE
  9. 13D. Twiggy cradle for eggs (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NEST
  10. 15D. Alleviate distress or anxiety (7)
    Hint R · · · · · ·
    Answer RELIEVE
  11. 16D. Large triangular string instrument (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HARP
  12. 17D. Tap as heir apparent (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ANOINT
  13. 18D. Polite term addressing an unfamiliar man (6)
    Hint M · · · · ·
    Answer MISTER
  14. 21D. Beefy and thick (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MEATY
  15. 24D. What heartbreak brings (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PAIN
  16. 27D. Ballerina balances on it (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TOE
  17. 28D. Wagon-wheel hub wood (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ELM
  18. 29D. Sunbeam piercing the clouds (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RAY