Mini Crossword (Boston Globe)

About Mini Crossword (Boston Globe)

The Mini Crossword is the short daily grid on Boston Globe Games, the paper's puzzle page that also holds the full Crossword, Align, KenKen, Sudoku and Word Flower. Each mini carries its date and its constructor's name; the one for 2 October 2026 was by John Lieb.

The grid is 5x5 or 7x7, so a day's puzzle has only a handful of across and down clues and takes most solvers a few minutes. A new one goes up every night at midnight Eastern Time with the rest of the Globe's games.

The Globe keeps the mini free while its full-size crossword is for subscribers, so it is the easy way into the paper's puzzles. It suits anyone who likes a fast daily solve on a phone or a coffee break, and players of other newspaper minis who want one more each morning.

How to play Mini Crossword (Boston Globe)

1. Open the Mini Crossword on the Boston Globe's games page.
2. Pick a square and read its across or down clue.
3. Type the answer; crossing words fill in letters for the other clues.
4. Fill every square to finish, then come back after midnight Eastern for the next grid.

Tips

• Read all the clues once before typing; in a grid this small every answer crosses several others.
• Plurals and short common words usually land at the edges of the grid.
• Try to solve without checking letters if you want to see your real time.

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