Daily Mirror Crossword

The Daily Mirror Crossword is the main daily crossword of the Mirror, a British tabloid. It runs on games.mirror.co.uk, the paper's games site, which is built on kr3m's puzzle platform and shared in style with other British papers such as the Daily Express.

Each day's puzzle is a 13 by 13 grid with about 26 clues, split into Across and Down. The clues are plain definitions with the answer length in brackets (Operators, 5 letters, or Monarch, 7 and 4). You pick a clue or a square and type, and the crossing letters help with the harder entries. A timer runs from the start, and a faster finish earns a higher score.

You get three Jokers per puzzle, and each one reveals a single correct letter. More Jokers can be earned by watching a short advert from the menu. The date bar above the grid shows the day and how much of it you have filled, and its arrows and calendar open earlier puzzles from the archive.

On a desktop the grid and both clue lists sit side by side. On a phone the game opens full screen with its own keyboard and one clue shown above it. A video advert usually plays before the grid opens, and it can be skipped after a few seconds.

It suits solvers who want a straightforward daily crossword of definition clues. Those who prefer wordplay can try the Mirror's cryptic crossword instead.