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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Sunday, October 18, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Sunday, October 18, 2026 (puzzle #52)? 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 1C2O3W4L5R6I7B8SEPIA9HOE10CONTEN11DING12HAT13LEAN14UPE15ND16TE17S18T19GYRO20HASTE21FI22RE23TAX24S25TOREF26RONT27OWL28STINK29NOD30TYPE
Completed grid for the October 18, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Ship's bell-topped wind catcher (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer COWL
  2. 5A. Curved timber in ship framing (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RIB
  3. 8A. Vintage reddish-brown photo tint (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SEPIA
  4. 9A. Weeder's implement (3)
    Hint H · ·
    Answer HOE
  5. 10A. Vying for a title (10)
    Hint C · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CONTENDING
  6. 12A. Circumflex, to a mathematician (3)
    Hint H · ·
    Answer HAT
  7. 13A. Tilt to one side (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LEAN
  8. 14A. Topple an old assumption (5)
    Hint U · · · ·
    Answer UPEND
  9. 16A. Put through its paces (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TEST
  10. 19A. Rotisserie meat sandwich (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GYRO
  11. 20A. Urgent promptness in action (5)
    Hint H · · · ·
    Answer HASTE
  12. 21A. Blaze fueled by wood (4)
    Hint F · · ·
    Answer FIRE
  13. 23A. Burden with demanding requirements (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TAX
  14. 24A. Shop's street-facing side (10)
    Hint S · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer STOREFRONT
  15. 27A. Hedwig, in Harry Potter (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer OWL
  16. 28A. Be lousy, informally (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STINK
  17. 29A. Wordless yes (3)
    Hint N · ·
    Answer NOD
  18. 30A. Print shop metal font (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TYPE

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Magazine's big pull-out page (10)
    Hint C · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CENTERFOLD
  2. 2D. ___ out of junk mail (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer OPT
  3. 3D. Exercise substantial political influence (5)
    Hint W · · · ·
    Answer WIELD
  4. 4D. Shipping route at sea (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LANE
  5. 5D. Glittering paste diamond replica (10)
    Hint R · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer RHINESTONE
  6. 6D. Electrified atom in solution (3)
    Hint I · ·
    Answer ION
  7. 7D. Ask on bended knee (3)
    Hint B · ·
    Answer BEG
  8. 8D. Lathery to the touch (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SOAPY
  9. 10D. Frat party drinking chant (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CHUG
  10. 11D. Datum's plural (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DATA
  11. 15D. Shadowy, with venetian-blind stripes (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NOIR
  12. 17D. Reeked to high heaven (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STANK
  13. 18D. Message tapped with thumbs (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TEXT
  14. 20D. Carrying real weight, salary-wise? (5)
    Hint H · · · ·
    Answer HEFTY
  15. 22D. Motionlessness, to a physicist (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer REST
  16. 24D. Bart, to Homer (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SON
  17. 25D. Noah's animals, per kind (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TWO
  18. 26D. Saw wood along grain (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RIP