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Mini #319 · Saturday

Printable Mini Crossword — August 15, 2026

Clean print layout: grid on top, clues below. Press Ctrl+P (⌘+P on a Mac) to print.

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Across

  1. 1. Composer of "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
  2. 5. Very manly, as an attitude
  3. 6. Feels sore, as muscles after a workout
  4. 7. Where chickens sleep at night
  5. 8. Tie in a shoelace

Down

  1. 1. Breakfast strips from a pig
  2. 2. Sound made by a sneeze
  3. 3. Trunk in the body, or a treasure box
  4. 4. One who throws a party
  5. 5. Grade left by a teacher

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About this printout

This page prints Mini #319 (Saturday, August 15, 2026): a 5×5 grid with two black squares and ten clues, five Across and five Down. The site's navigation and footer are left off the printout, and so are these notes.

Solving on paper

Paper has no Check button, so write lightly where you're unsure. The shortest slot, 1-Across, has only four letters, so it's a good place to start. The shortest clue is 8-Across, “Tie in a shoelace”, at four words; the longest is 3-Down, “Trunk in the body, or a treasure box”, at eight words. None of the ten clues is a fill-in-the-blank, a quotation, a question-mark clue or a marked short form.

When you've finished, compare with the answer key for August 15, 2026, or open the hints if you get stuck. Prefer a screen? Play it online. The day before, Mini #318 (August 14, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Bills and coins”; the day after, Mini #320 (August 16, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Deep singing voice”.