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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Tuesday, 29 September 2026 (puzzle #4)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 16 across · 18 down.

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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1S2C3R4A5P6A7L8A9S10ALICE11LIEU12DILET13TANTE14PERTINENT15BID16DAY17I18N19N20FI21B22DIA23GONA24L25S26INDIGENOU27S28OTIS29STICK30THAT31SUSHI
Completed grid for the 29 September 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Abandon a proposed building plan (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SCRAP
  2. 6A. Shakespearean exclamation of sorrow (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ALAS
  3. 10A. Bob's counterpart in cryptography (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ALICE
  4. 11A. Stead, in formal phrasing (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LIEU
  5. 12A. Casual dabbler in the arts (10)
    Hint D · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer DILETTANTE
  6. 14A. Directly relevant to the matter (9)
    Hint P · · · · · · · ·
    Answer PERTINENT
  7. 15A. Attempt to achieve an ambition (3)
    Hint B · ·
    Answer BID
  8. 16A. Hours between sunrise and sunset (3)
    Hint D · ·
    Answer DAY
  9. 17A. Traveller's tavern with lodgings (3)
    Hint I · ·
    Answer INN
  10. 20A. Harmless little white lie (3)
    Hint F · ·
    Answer FIB
  11. 22A. Slanted lines across a chessboard (9)
    Hint D · · · · · · · ·
    Answer DIAGONALS
  12. 26A. Native to a particular region (10)
    Hint I · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer INDIGENOUS
  13. 28A. Soul legend Redding (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OTIS
  14. 29A. Wooden cane for a countryside ramble (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STICK
  15. 30A. 'This and ___' (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer THAT
  16. 31A. Japanese rolls wrapped in crisp nori (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SUSHI

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Downcast and tearful (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SAD
  2. 2D. Trim with small shears (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CLIP
  3. 3D. Get under someone's skin (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RILE
  4. 4D. Sharp and caustic in tone (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ACERB
  5. 5D. Quibble over trivial details (8)
    Hint P · · · · · · ·
    Answer PETTIFOG
  6. 6D. Codebreaker Turing (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ALAN
  7. 7D. Fitted with an interior silk layer (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LINED
  8. 8D. Ancient city beneath Mount Etna (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer AETNA
  9. 9D. Rich and fatty, like a steamed pudding (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SUETY
  10. 13D. Absence of clutter in a room (8)
    Hint T · · · · · · ·
    Answer TIDINESS
  11. 17D. Blunter word than dunce (5)
    Hint I · · · ·
    Answer IDIOT
  12. 18D. Beethoven's choral symphony (5)
    Hint N · · · ·
    Answer NINTH
  13. 19D. Olympic gymnast Comaneci (5)
    Hint N · · · ·
    Answer NADIA
  14. 21D. Major African language family (5)
    Hint B · · · ·
    Answer BANTU
  15. 23D. General drift of a conversation (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GIST
  16. 24D. Daily Planet journalist Lane (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LOIS
  17. 25D. Of that kind or sort (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SUCH
  18. 27D. Narrow runner for snow sports (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SKI