About Mini #347
Mini #347 is the daily 5×5 for Saturday, September 12, 2026. Its grid has two black squares, laid out as single squares in the top-left and bottom-right corners, which leaves 23 white squares for ten answers: five Across and five Down. By length, that's six five-letter and four four-letter answers.
The shortest clue is 8-Across, “Rude, snobby sort”, at three words; the longest is 6-Across, “Very into painting and crafts, informally”, at six words. Clues worth knowing about before you start:
- Fill-in-the-blank: 4-Down, “‘Simon ___’ (kids' game)”
Fill-in-the-blank clues are often the quickest way in, so 4-Down, “‘Simon ___’ (kids' game)”, is a good first stop. For more ways in, see the solving tips.
How this grid compares
This layout appears in 86 of the 293 daily 5×5 puzzles in our library dated up to September 12, 2026. The layout is rotationally symmetric: turn the grid upside down and the black squares land in the same places. That's four black squares fewer than the day before (September 11, 2026), which had six.
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 16 clues.
More for September 12, 2026
Stuck? The hints for September 12, 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 #346 (September 11, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Received or obtained”; the day after, Mini #348 (September 13, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Slightly open, as a door”.