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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Wednesday, 30 September 2026 (puzzle #5)? 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 1E2M3I4L5C6E7B8U9CALL10EVAN11S12OLLA13RETCH14OUN15CE16TRY17ADSORB18LEE19LOT20AR21REAR22ERR23FAUST24ROA25ST26CHI27P28TUTEE29HIVE30SEAR31EPEE
Completed grid for the 30 September 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Czech Olympic runner Zátopek (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EMIL
  2. 5A. Tropical island in the Visayas (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CEBU
  3. 9A. Match a bet at the poker table (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CALL
  4. 10A. Common surname across Wales (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EVANS
  5. 12A. Spanish earthenware cooking pot (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OLLA
  6. 13A. Gag from a repulsive stench (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RETCH
  7. 14A. Tiny scrap of common sense (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OUNCE
  8. 16A. Five-point score on the rugby pitch (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TRY
  9. 17A. Hold molecules on a solid surface (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ADSORB
  10. 18A. Side sheltered from the wind (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LEE
  11. 19A. Item up for bid at an auction (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LOT
  12. 20A. Unpaid overdue debt (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ARREAR
  13. 22A. Make a blunder, as humans do (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ERR
  14. 23A. Goethe's tragic soul-seller (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FAUST
  15. 24A. Cook a joint in the oven (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer ROAST
  16. 26A. Tiny silicon processor on a board (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CHIP
  17. 28A. Pupil receiving private lessons (5)
    Hint T · · · ·
    Answer TUTEE
  18. 29A. Crowded workplace of busy activity (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HIVE
  19. 30A. Scorch or char on high heat (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SEAR
  20. 31A. Sport fencing sword (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EPEE

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Kind to the planet (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer ECO
  2. 2D. Reeking like rotten eggs (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MALODOROUS
  3. 3D. Add drawings to a children's book (10)
    Hint I · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ILLUSTRATE
  4. 4D. Vast grassy plain of South America (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LLANO
  5. 5D. Main thinking centres of vertebrates (7)
    Hint C · · · · · ·
    Answer CEREBRA
  6. 6D. Night before Christmas (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EVE
  7. 7D. Heavily armoured naval warship (10)
    Hint B · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer BATTLESHIP
  8. 8D. Lacking spark or imagination (10)
    Hint U · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer UNCREATIVE
  9. 11D. More timid around strangers (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SHYER
  10. 15D. Knitter, quilter, or potter (7)
    Hint C · · · · · ·
    Answer CRAFTER
  11. 17D. Red ___: emergency signal (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ALERT
  12. 21D. Fluted frill on a neckline (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RUCHE
  13. 25D. Sailor's briny domain (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SEA
  14. 27D. Letter between O and Q (3)
    Hint P · ·
    Answer PEE