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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Monday, 5 October 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Monday, 5 October 2026 (puzzle #10)? 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 1E2R3E4C5T6E7D8A9M10MUDRA11VINA12UNDER13PANTS14TASTELESS15TAR16RYE17F18L19U20RI21G22REP23LICA24N25T26INDICATOR27S28ATOM29RODEO30ROSE31PREEN
Completed grid for the 5 October 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Put up a marquee (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer ERECT
  2. 6A. Mild Dutch cheese in red wax (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EDAM
  3. 10A. Symbolic hand gesture in yoga or dance (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MUDRA
  4. 11A. Classical Indian stringed instrument (4)
    Hint V · · ·
    Answer VINA
  5. 12A. Briefs worn beneath trousers (10)
    Hint U · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer UNDERPANTS
  6. 14A. Completely devoid of any flavour (9)
    Hint T · · · · · · · ·
    Answer TASTELESS
  7. 15A. Dark sticky pitch for resurfacing roads (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TAR
  8. 16A. Grain distilled into spicy whisky (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RYE
  9. 17A. Winter illness bringing fever and chills (3)
    Hint F · ·
    Answer FLU
  10. 20A. Offshore platform for drilling oil (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RIG
  11. 22A. Artificial human in sci-fi cinema (9)
    Hint R · · · · · · · ·
    Answer REPLICANT
  12. 26A. Gauges showing speed or fuel levels (10)
    Hint I · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer INDICATORS
  13. 28A. Tiny nucleus circled by electrons (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ATOM
  14. 29A. Where eight seconds feels like ages? (5)
    Hint R · · · ·
    Answer RODEO
  15. 30A. National floral emblem of England (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer ROSE
  16. 31A. Smooth feathers with the beak (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer PREEN

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Shaggy feathered giant of the outback (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EMU
  2. 2D. Smallest animal of a newborn litter (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RUNT
  3. 3D. Ancient collection of Icelandic myths (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EDDA
  4. 4D. Reach the top of the hill (5)
    Hint C · · · ·
    Answer CREST
  5. 5D. Describing a sharp acid from grapes (8)
    Hint T · · · · · · ·
    Answer TARTARIC
  6. 6D. Brief assessment or appraisal, for short (4)
    Hint E · · ·
    Answer EVAL
  7. 7D. Casual American-style roadside restaurant (5)
    Hint D · · · ·
    Answer DINER
  8. 8D. Restless and unable to sit still (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ANTSY
  9. 9D. Curving trick shot on a snooker table (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MASSE
  10. 13D. Outer wall of a ripening fruit (8)
    Hint P · · · · · · ·
    Answer PERICARP
  11. 17D. Robin Hood's companion Tuck, for one (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FRIAR
  12. 18D. Sluggish, on a stave (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LENTO
  13. 19D. Formal buns and French twists (5)
    Hint U · · · ·
    Answer UPDOS
  14. 21D. Snapping marsh reptile, for short (5)
    Hint G · · · ·
    Answer GATOR
  15. 23D. Tart green citrus squeezed into gin (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LIME
  16. 24D. Connection point in a computer network (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NODE
  17. 25D. Trunk, branches and leaves (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TREE
  18. 27D. Male heir in a family line (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SON