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Mini #321 · Monday

Printable Mini Crossword — August 17, 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. Hint for a detective
  2. 5. Repeated phrase at a protest
  3. 6. Green spot in the desert
  4. 7. Hazy, like a foggy morning
  5. 8. Brothers, informally

Down

  1. 1. Seat with a back and four legs
  2. 2. Cowboy's roping rope
  3. 3. Basic building blocks of measurement
  4. 4. Online marketplace for handmade goods
  5. 5. Tool for tidying your hair

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About this printout

This page prints Mini #321 (Monday, August 17, 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, “Brothers, informally”, at two words; the longest is 1-Down, “Seat with a back and four legs”, at seven 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 17, 2026, or open the hints if you get stuck. Prefer a screen? Play it online. The day before, Mini #320 (August 16, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Deep singing voice”; the day after, Mini #322 (August 18, 2026), opens with 1-Across, “Send a document over a phone line”.