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Midi Crossword Hints & Answers - Monday, 12 October 2026

Stuck on the Midi Crossword puzzle for Monday, 12 October 2026 (puzzle #17)? 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 1B2E3T4A5S6A7G8E9AGONI10C11SAY12MONTMA13RTRE14APTERAL15A16L17P18LAVAGE19VIO20LET21LET22AVIATO23R24TENDONI25T26I27S28ALT29NICOLE30RYE31CHELA
Completed grid for the 12 October 2026 Midi Crossword puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Pre-release software builds out for testing (5)
    Hint B · · · ·
    Answer BETAS
  2. 6A. Mature in a wooden wine cask (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer AGE
  3. 9A. Having zero magnetic declination on a chart (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer AGONIC
  4. 11A. Right to voice a personal opinion (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SAY
  5. 12A. Bohemian Parisian hill crowned by Sacre-Coeur (10)
    Hint M · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer MONTMARTRE
  6. 14A. Built without side columns, of a temple (7)
    Hint A · · · · · ·
    Answer APTERAL
  7. 15A. Towering snow-capped mountain peak (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ALP
  8. 18A. Flushing out the stomach cavity (6)
    Hint L · · · · ·
    Answer LAVAGE
  9. 19A. Rich purple shade at the rainbow's end (6)
    Hint V · · · · ·
    Answer VIOLET
  10. 21A. Rent out a property to tenants (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LET
  11. 22A. Pioneering aeroplane pilot (7)
    Hint A · · · · · ·
    Answer AVIATOR
  12. 24A. Ache from repetitive strain injury (10)
    Hint T · · · · · · · · ·
    Answer TENDONITIS
  13. 28A. Computer key beside the spacebar (3)
    Hint A · ·
    Answer ALT
  14. 29A. Actress Kidman of Moulin Rouge (6)
    Hint N · · · · ·
    Answer NICOLE
  15. 30A. Hardy cereal for dark sourdough bread (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer RYE
  16. 31A. Pincer claw of a crustacean (5)
    Hint C · · · ·
    Answer CHELA

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Sound of a sudden loud crash (3)
    Hint B · ·
    Answer BAM
  2. 2D. Freudian mediator between id and superego (3)
    Hint E · ·
    Answer EGO
  3. 3D. Heavy unit of twenty hundredweight (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TON
  4. 4D. Pilaster flanking temple entrance (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer ANTA
  5. 5D. Foolish person lacking common sense (9)
    Hint S · · · · · · · ·
    Answer SIMPLETON
  6. 6D. Originating among the distant stars (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ASTRAL
  7. 7D. British club music style of the 1990s (6)
    Hint G · · · · ·
    Answer GARAGE
  8. 8D. Small metal ring for threading a shoelace (6)
    Hint E · · · · ·
    Answer EYELET
  9. 10D. Motionless and unresponsive with shock (9)
    Hint C · · · · · · · ·
    Answer CATATONIC
  10. 13D. Gun the engine while stationary (3)
    Hint R · ·
    Answer REV
  11. 15D. Profile picture in digital chat (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer AVATAR
  12. 16D. Fizzy and foaming, of fresh beer (6)
    Hint L · · · · ·
    Answer LIVELY
  13. 17D. Ballet posture balancing on the tiptoes (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer POINTE
  14. 20D. Youth helping around the stables (3)
    Hint L · ·
    Answer LAD
  15. 23D. Possessing abundant wealth (4)
    Hint R · · ·
    Answer RICH
  16. 25D. Little piggy that stayed at home? (3)
    Hint T · ·
    Answer TOE
  17. 26D. Bedridden with a nasty fever (3)
    Hint I · ·
    Answer ILL
  18. 27D. Vast expanse of salty blue water (3)
    Hint S · ·
    Answer SEA