About Mini #371
Mini #371 is the daily 5×5 for Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Its grid has four black squares, laid out as single squares in all four corners, which leaves 21 white squares for ten answers: five Across and five Down. By length, that's six five-letter and four three-letter answers.
The shortest clue is 7-Across, “Watchband or belt”, at three words; the longest is 5-Down, “One set of lifting exercises, informally”, at six words. Clues worth knowing about before you start:
- Fill-in-the-blank: 8-Across, “‘___, you!’ (attention-getter)”; 1-Down, “Onward and ___ (forward)”
Fill-in-the-blank clues are often the quickest way in, so 8-Across, “‘___, you!’ (attention-getter)”, is a good first stop. For more ways in, see the solving tips.
How this grid compares
This layout appears in 34 of the 317 daily 5×5 puzzles in our library dated up to October 6, 2026. The layout is rotationally symmetric: turn the grid upside down and the black squares land in the same places. That's two black squares more than the day before (October 5, 2026), which had two.
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 October 6, 2026
Stuck? The hints for October 6, 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 #370 (October 5, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Soothing gel plant for sunburns”.