Daily Mirror Quick Crossword

The Daily Mirror Quick Crossword is the Mirror's daily quick grid, run on games.mirror.co.uk by the games studio kr3m for the paper's publisher, Reach plc. The clues are plain definitions with the answer's length in brackets: Judges (5), Greek dish (5), Defer responsibility (4,3,4) on the grid for 26 October 2026.

Each day's puzzle is an 11 by 11 grid with 13 across and 13 down clues. You pick a clue from the list or tap a square, type the letters on your own keyboard or the on-screen one, and the cursor moves on to the next clue once a word is filled. A toggle switches between entering across and down. The date bar shows how much of the grid you have filled as a percentage, and its arrows lead back to earlier days.

A timer starts when the grid opens and cannot be paused. Three Jokers reveal a letter each, and more can be earned by watching an advert. Your score depends on time and on how few Jokers you used. Registering with an email puts your scores on a high-score list, but the puzzle plays without an account.

A video advert plays before the grid opens, and the page around the game carries ad slots. The Mirror's site also has a larger daily crossword, a cryptic and a quiz crossword in the same player.

It suits solvers who want a short, straight grid they can finish over a coffee.