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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Tuesday, 6 October 2026 (puzzle #11)? 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 1S2T3A4M5P6G7A8F9F10PALEO11ARAL12ALTAR13PIECE14CONTRACTS15SHE16ASH17A18S19S20OF21F22CHA23PLAI24N25S26TABLECLOT27H28OKRA29EERIE30RYAN31STARR
Completed grid for the 6 October 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Little sticky square on an envelope (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STAMP
  2. 6A. Heavy iron hook for landing fish (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GAFF
  3. 10A. Caveman diet avoiding grains and dairy (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer PALEO
  4. 11A. Central Asian sea that famously shrank (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ARAL
  5. 12A. Painted panel set behind a church table (10)
    Hint A · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer ALTARPIECE
  6. 14A. Shrinks or draws inward (9)
    Hint C · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CONTRACTS
  7. 15A. That woman over there (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SHE
  8. 16A. Grey powdery residue from a wood fire (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ASH
  9. 17A. Stubborn long-eared beast of burden (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ASS
  10. 20A. Gone sour or rancid, as milk (3)
    Hint O · ·
    Answer OFF
  11. 22A. Ministers serving in hospitals or the navy (9)
    Hint C · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CHAPLAINS
  12. 26A. Linen spread beneath plates and cutlery (10)
    Hint T · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer TABLECLOTH
  13. 28A. Sticky green vegetable used in rich gumbo (4)
    Hint O · · ·
    Answer OKRA
  14. 29A. Spooky and unnerving in a shadowy way (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer EERIE
  15. 30A. Actor Gosling of 'La La Land' (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RYAN
  16. 31A. Fab Four drummer with a celestial surname? (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STARR

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Weekend retreat with soothing massages (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SPA
  2. 2D. Softest mineral on the Mohs scale (4)
    Hint T · · ·
    Answer TALC
  3. 3D. Choir part between tenor and soprano (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ALTO
  4. 4D. Financial resources to live comfortably (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MEANS
  5. 5D. Round glass window in a ship's hull (8)
    Hint P · · · · · · ·
    Answer PORTHOLE
  6. 6D. Ancient Greek goddess of the Earth (4)
    Hint G · · ·
    Answer GAIA
  7. 7D. Tropical palm that yields betel nuts (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ARECA
  8. 8D. Truths proven by solid evidence (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FACTS
  9. 9D. Edible juicy part of a ripe peach (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FLESH
  10. 13D. Introduces with preliminary comments (8)
    Hint P · · · · · · ·
    Answer PREFACES
  11. 17D. Performer stepping onto a West End stage (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ACTOR
  12. 18D. Unsteady and trembling from cold or fear (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SHAKY
  13. 19D. Israeli named after the prickly pear (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SABRA
  14. 21D. Tender cut of boneless steak or fish (5)
    Hint F · · · ·
    Answer FILET
  15. 23D. Carefully arranged scheme of action (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PLAN
  16. 24D. Bloody ___! (classic Cockney exclamation) (4)
    Hint N · · ·
    Answer NORA
  17. 25D. Excited fuss or public commotion (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer STIR
  18. 27D. Objective pronoun for that lady (3)
    Hint H · ·
    Answer HER