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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Saturday, October 31, 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Saturday, October 31, 2026 (puzzle #65)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 20 across · 16 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1D2R3I4V5E6B7U8S9EERIE10SINE11FERAL12NOTE13EVIL14RIGID15RAT16MUTED17LA18DEN19NI20P21FUTON22MENU23LAIR24LASER25ATOM26AMISS27PEN28PASSE
Completed grid for the October 31, 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Hammer a nail home (5)
    Hint D · · · ·
    Answer DRIVE
  2. 6A. Public transit commuter vehicle (3)
    Hint B · ·
    Answer BUS
  3. 9A. Spooky and unsettling (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EERIE
  4. 10A. ___ qua non (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SINE
  5. 11A. Once tame, now not (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FERAL
  6. 12A. Short written reminder (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NOTE
  7. 13A. Wicked and malevolent (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EVIL
  8. 14A. Stubbornly set in ways (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RIGID
  9. 15A. Lab maze runner (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RAT
  10. 16A. Toned down in intensity (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MUTED
  11. 17A. Loaded to the brim (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LADEN
  12. 19A. Puppy's playful bite (3)
    Hint N · ·
    Answer NIP
  13. 21A. Convertible Japanese floor bed (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FUTON
  14. 22A. List of culinary offerings (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MENU
  15. 23A. Bear's winter quarters (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LAIR
  16. 24A. Optical barcode scanning beam (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LASER
  17. 25A. Particle with orbiting electrons (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ATOM
  18. 26A. Noticeably out of place (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer AMISS
  19. 27A. Squid's internal shell (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PEN
  20. 28A. No longer in vogue (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer PASSE

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Submit respectfully to authority (5)
    Hint D · · · ·
    Answer DEFER
  2. 2D. Assess anew after changes (10)
    Hint R · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer REEVALUATE
  3. 3D. Annoying itch or redness (10)
    Hint I · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer IRRITATION
  4. 4D. Perfume sample container (4)
    Hint V · · ·
    Answer VIAL
  5. 5D. Hard-to-grip catch (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EEL
  6. 6D. Pasteur's living generation doctrine (10)
    Hint B · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer BIOGENESIS
  7. 7D. Lack of neat order (10)
    Hint U · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer UNTIDINESS
  8. 8D. What a gardener sows (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SEED
  9. 10D. Childish sulking mood (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SNIT
  10. 14D. Score point in baseball (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RUN
  11. 16D. Gentlemen's locker room users (3)
    Hint M · ·
    Answer MEN
  12. 18D. Student housing building, informally (4)
    Hint D · · ·
    Answer DORM
  13. 20D. Woman's small accessory bag (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer PURSE
  14. 21D. Airplane wing trailing surface (4)
    Hint F · · ·
    Answer FLAP
  15. 22D. Mother, to a toddler (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MAMA
  16. 24D. Napping kitten's cushion (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LAP