The Mini Crossword (Greatest Games)

About The Mini Crossword (Greatest Games)

The Mini is a compact crossword: always a 5x5 grid, built to be solved in a minute or two. Only the black-square pattern changes from day to day, and everyone gets the same grid and clues.

You tap a square and type, tap again or press space to switch direction, and use Tab or the clue lists to jump around. If an across answer will not come, solving the downs that cross it usually spells it out. The puzzle is timed and your time is your score; the clock pauses when you step away. Check and Reveal help when stuck.

The Mini Crossword is one of the daily games on Greatest Games, a site of word and logic puzzles. A new puzzle goes up every day at midnight US Eastern, the same for everyone, and it plays free in the browser with no account or download. A free account opens the The Mini Crossword archive of every past puzzle by date, and the site also has a 4x4 Nano and a larger Midi.

How to play The Mini Crossword (Greatest Games)

1. Open The Mini Crossword on greatest.games.
2. Tap a square and type an answer.
3. Tap again or press space to switch between Across and Down.
4. Fill the crossing answers to crack the harder clues.
5. Complete the grid to stop the clock.

Tips

• Read all the clues quickly before typing; a few will be instant.
• Work the downs to solve a stubborn across, and the other way round.
• Use Tab to jump straight to the next unsolved clue.
• Try the Nano for an even quicker warm-up.

Questions