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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Tuesday, October 20, 2026 (puzzle #54)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 16 across · 20 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1S2T3E4P5R6A7T8STAGE9SOLO10HEMOG11LOBIN12EWE13OLIVE14C15HAINED16R17E18BRAND19EQUAL20G21E22T23TURTL24E25DOVE26RISE27LINEN28OPT29KEEN
Completed grid for the October 20, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Progress, on a staircase? (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STEP
  2. 5A. Subway platform scurrier (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RAT
  3. 8A. Phase of a project (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STAGE
  4. 9A. Unaccompanied, as a flight (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SOLO
  5. 10A. Blood's own oxygen taxi? (10)
    Hint H · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer HEMOGLOBIN
  6. 12A. Female in the flock (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EWE
  7. 13A. Greenish-drab color shade (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OLIVE
  8. 14A. Shackled to a post (7)
    Hint C · · · · · ·
    Answer CHAINED
  9. 16A. Relaunch under a new name (7)
    Hint R · · · · · ·
    Answer REBRAND
  10. 19A. Matched evenly in competition (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EQUAL
  11. 20A. Catch, as a cold (3)
    Hint G · ·
    Answer GET
  12. 23A. Small migratory European pigeon (10)
    Hint T · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer TURTLEDOVE
  13. 26A. Salary bump at work (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RISE
  14. 27A. Crisp natural flax weave (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LINEN
  15. 28A. Take door number two? (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer OPT
  16. 29A. Perceptive and quick-witted (4)
    Hint K · · ·
    Answer KEEN

Down answers

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  1. 1D. In a ___ (fretting) (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STEW
  2. 2D. Like a lapdog (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TAME
  3. 3D. One's opinion of oneself (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EGO
  4. 4D. Cribbage board marker (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PEG
  5. 5D. Red-breasted harbinger of springtime (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer ROBIN
  6. 6D. Surviving and breathing (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ALIVE
  7. 7D. Buff and beach-ready (5)
    Hint T · · · ·
    Answer TONED
  8. 8D. Not he or it (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SHE
  9. 9D. Ice, for one (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SOLID
  10. 11D. Advance principal with interest (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LOAN
  11. 14D. Slatted wooden packing box (5)
    Hint C · · · ·
    Answer CRATE
  12. 15D. Passageway between interior rooms (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HALL
  13. 16D. Evoking aesthetics of bygone decades (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RETRO
  14. 17D. Outfit a rescue boat (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EQUIP
  15. 18D. Sudden shower of confetti (5)
    Hint B · · · ·
    Answer BURST
  16. 20D. All used up (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GONE
  17. 21D. Tied, as a score (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EVEN
  18. 22D. Years in a decade (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TEN
  19. 24D. Antler shedder each spring (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ELK
  20. 25D. Singular of dice (3)
    Hint D · ·
    Answer DIE