About Mini #363
Mini #363 is the daily 5×5 for Monday, September 28, 2026. Its grid has four black squares, laid out as side-by-side pairs in the top-left and bottom-right 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 4-Down, “Opposed to”, at two words; the longest is 1-Down, “Tennis great Miss ___, or a common surname”, at eight words. Clues worth knowing about before you start:
- Fill-in-the-blank: 4-Across, “Remember the ___ (Texas battle cry)”; 7-Across, “Halloween's ‘___ or treat’”; 1-Down, “Tennis great Miss ___, or a common surname”
- Marked as a short form: 1-Across, “Do-it-yourself, for short”
Fill-in-the-blank clues are often the quickest way in, so 4-Across, “Remember the ___ (Texas battle cry)”, is a good first stop. Some clues lean on a name or title, such as 4-Across, “Remember the ___ (Texas battle cry)” and 1-Down, “Tennis great Miss ___, or a common surname”; if one is unfamiliar, work its crossing answers first. For more ways in, see the solving tips.
How this grid compares
This layout appears in 30 of the 309 daily 5×5 puzzles in our library dated up to September 28, 2026. The layout is rotationally symmetric: turn the grid upside down and the black squares land in the same places. The day before (September 27, 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 16 clues.
More for September 28, 2026
Stuck? The hints for September 28, 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 #362 (September 27, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Heap of laundry”; the day after, Mini #364 (September 29, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Obtains”.