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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Saturday, 26 September 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Saturday, 26 September 2026 (puzzle #1)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 20 across · 14 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1H2A3N4S5G6A7P8S9EDIT10ARRA11S12MONO13SCALP14LEA15ST16EMU17LETTER18TOM19USE20SI21MONY22ICE23SCARE24GEN25II26TIL27L28INTRO29HALO30THEN31SNAG
Completed grid for the 26 September 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Film score composer Zimmer (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HANS
  2. 5A. Empty spaces between teeth (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GAPS
  3. 9A. Trim a video down (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EDIT
  4. 10A. Draught-stopper in a chilly castle (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ARRAS
  5. 12A. Sound recorded on a single channel (4)
    Hint M · · ·
    Answer MONO
  6. 13A. Skin on top of the head (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SCALP
  7. 14A. Smallest in degree or quantity (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LEAST
  8. 16A. Large flightless bird from Australia (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EMU
  9. 17A. Handwritten note inside a stamped envelope (6)
    Hint L · · · · ·
    Answer LETTER
  10. 18A. Male cat prowling the garden (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TOM
  11. 19A. Put into practical service (3)
    Hint U · ·
    Answer USE
  12. 20A. Buying or selling church privileges (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SIMONY
  13. 22A. Frozen cubes in a summer drink (3)
    Hint I · ·
    Answer ICE
  14. 23A. Sudden fright in the dark (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SCARE
  15. 24A. Magical spirits summoned from brass lamps (5)
    Hint G · · · ·
    Answer GENII
  16. 26A. Cash drawer behind the shop counter (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TILL
  17. 28A. Riff before the first verse (5)
    Hint I · · · ·
    Answer INTRO
  18. 29A. Luminous ring round the moon (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HALO
  19. 30A. At that specific past moment (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer THEN
  20. 31A. Unexpected hitch in the plans (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SNAG

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Stitched border of a skirt (3)
    Hint H · ·
    Answer HEM
  2. 2D. Between childhood and adulthood (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ADOLESCENT
  3. 3D. Century of Victorian Britain (10)
    Hint N · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer NINETEENTH
  4. 4D. Weasel relative in ermine winter fur (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STOAT
  5. 5D. Of the belly and digestion (7)
    Hint G · · · · · ·
    Answer GASTRIC
  6. 6D. Curved line of a rainbow (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ARC
  7. 7D. Elite bodyguard of Ancient Rome (10)
    Hint P · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PRAETORIAN
  8. 8D. Bacterium causing food poisoning (10)
    Hint S · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer SALMONELLA
  9. 11D. Frothy like breaking sea waves (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SPUMY
  10. 15D. Afternoon of drinking at the pub (7)
    Hint S · · · · · ·
    Answer SESSION
  11. 17D. Mario's green-capped gaming brother (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LUIGI
  12. 21D. School subject with sums and fractions (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MATHS
  13. 25D. Furious resentment that boils over (3)
    Hint I · ·
    Answer IRE
  14. 27D. Rough chunk of firewood (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LOG