About Mini #360
Mini #360 is the daily 5×5 for Friday, September 25, 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, “Departed; left”, at two words; the longest is 6-Across, “Given a movie rating, as a film”, at seven words. Clues worth knowing about before you start:
- Fill-in-the-blank: 1-Across, “Have ___ there, done that”
Fill-in-the-blank clues are often the quickest way in, so 1-Across, “Have ___ there, done that”, is a good first stop. For more ways in, see the solving tips.
How this grid compares
This layout appears in 91 of the 306 daily 5×5 puzzles in our library dated up to September 25, 2026. The layout is rotationally symmetric: turn the grid upside down and the black squares land in the same places. The day before (September 24, 2026) also had two 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 16 clues.
More for September 25, 2026
Stuck? The hints for September 25, 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 #359 (September 24, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Flying mammals of the night”.