About Mini #315
Mini #315 is the daily 5×5 for Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Its grid has four black squares, laid out as stacked pairs in the top-right and bottom-left corners, which leaves 21 white squares for ten answers: five Across and five Down. By length, that's four five-letter, four four-letter and two three-letter answers.
The shortest clue is 7-Down, “Female sheep”, at two words; the longest is 1-Across, “Like a refreshing glass of tea in summer”, at eight words. Clues worth knowing about before you start:
- Fill-in-the-blank: 9-Across, “Anything ___? (checkout question)”
Fill-in-the-blank clues are often the quickest way in, so 9-Across, “Anything ___? (checkout question)”, is a good first stop. For more ways in, see the solving tips.
How this grid compares
This layout appears in 20 of the 261 daily 5×5 puzzles in our library dated up to August 11, 2026. The layout is rotationally symmetric: turn the grid upside down and the black squares land in the same places. The day before (August 10, 2026) also had four black squares, arranged differently.
Like every daily 5×5 in our library, it was generated at our “easy” difficulty setting. The same date also has a 6×6 with 12 clues and a 7×7 with 14 clues.
More for August 11, 2026
Stuck? The hints for August 11, 2026 give three hints per clue, the answer key reveals one answer at a time, and there's a printable copy for solving on paper. The day before, Mini #314 (August 10, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Emeril's exclamation while cooking”; the day after, Mini #316 (August 12, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Chimp or gorilla”.