Use this page to check a solved Mini or to see how a clue is phrased for a short answer. Each table is one puzzle that was open for solving on that date; the direction column shows across (→) or down (↓).
September 1
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Small horse | PONY |
| ↓ | Greenish blue | TEAL |
September 2
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Containing fat | FATTY |
| ↓ | Picked from options | CHOSE |
| → | Hidden hoard | STASH |
September 3
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Investigate | PROBE |
| → | Saddle foot support | STIRRUP |
| → | Sound level unit | DECIBEL |
September 4
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Musical speed | TEMPO |
| ↓ | Sandwich shops | DELIS |
| ↓ | Ways or settings | MODES |
| → | Joins film strips | SPLICES |
September 5
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Show to a seat | USHER |
| ↓ | Prone to tears | WEEPY |
| ↓ | Excessive interest | USURY |
| → | Evaluate | ASSESS |
September 6
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Entertaining guests | HOSTING |
| ↓ | Makes beloved | ENDEARS |
| ↓ | Breaks a promise | RENEGES |
| → | Placed on a support | MOUNTED |
| → | Spoken aloud | UTTERED |
September 7
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Young cow | CALF |
| ↓ | Lost blood | BLED |
| → | Sends letters | MAILS |
September 8
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Slightly wet | MOIST |
| ↓ | Motorcycle rider | BIKER |
| → | Smallest finger | PINKY |
September 9
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Transit vehicles | BUSES |
| ↓ | Ancient marketplace | AGORA |
| → | Relaxed chair | LOUNGER |
| → | Proven math statement | THEOREM |
September 10
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | After eighth | NINTH |
| ↓ | Sharp pain | STING |
| → | Goes to see | VISITS |
| → | Hung on a string | STRUNG |
September 11
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Easily startled | JUMPY |
| ↓ | Small mouthfuls | BITES |
| ↓ | Burned remains | ASHES |
| → | Students | PUPILS |
| → | For each one | APIECE |
September 12
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Trusted guide | MENTOR |
| ↓ | Unbroken run | STREAK |
| → | Lawmaking body | SENATE |
| → | Fashions or manners | STYLES |
| → | Deceptions or feats | TRICKS |
September 13
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Wonder | MARVEL |
| ↓ | Thin pieces of wood | STICKS |
| ↓ | Goes by or succeeds | PASSES |
| → | Repeated saying | MANTRA |
| → | Forces from housing | EVICTS |
| → | Good points | PLUSES |
September 14
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Combination | COMBO |
| ↓ | Espresso with milk | LATTE |
| → | Metalworker surname | SMITH |
September 15
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Mouth parts | JAWS |
| ↓ | Employs | USES |
| → | Disappear suddenly | VANISH |
September 16
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Grieve | MOURN |
| ↓ | Military ruling group | JUNTA |
| → | Muslim place of worship | MOSQUE |
| → | Explodes outward | ERUPTS |
September 17
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Worthiness | MERIT |
| ↓ | Romantic partner | LOVER |
| → | Sweet juicy fruit | MELON |
| → | Cleans with a cloth | WIPES |
September 18
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Powerful | MIGHTY |
| → | Five-cent coin | NICKEL |
| → | Main argument | THESIS |
| → | Me personally | MYSELF |
September 19
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Allowed by law | LEGAL |
| ↓ | Spoke wildly | RAVED |
| ↓ | Himalayan folklore figures | YETIS |
| → | Acted properly | BEHAVED |
| → | Small baking dish | RAMEKIN |
September 20
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Wet and marshy | SWAMPY |
| ↓ | Jail | PRISON |
| → | Not knowing | UNAWARE |
| → | Highest up | TOPMOST |
| → | Coloring sticks | CRAYONS |
September 21
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Those people | THEM |
| ↓ | Pay close attention to | HEED |
| → | Matching sounds | RHYMES |
September 22
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Foot digits | TOES |
| ↓ | 1920s design style | DECO |
| → | Arrives | COMES |
September 23
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Shed tears | CRIED |
| ↓ | Leg joints | KNEES |
| → | Lying face down | PRONE |
| → | Core doctrine | TENET |
September 24
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Secret systems | CODES |
| ↓ | Legume seeds | BEANS |
| → | Great skill | PROWESS |
| → | Post-party chore | CLEANUP |
September 25
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Unverified story | RUMOR |
| ↓ | Cake topping | ICING |
| ↓ | Listens to | HEARS |
| → | Ate noisily | MUNCHED |
| → | Angles or edges | CORNERS |
September 26
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Objects of worship | IDOLS |
| ↓ | Windshield clearer | WIPER |
| ↓ | Banded gemstone | AGATE |
| → | Putting in more | ADDING |
| → | Most aged | OLDEST |
September 27
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Kept away from | AVOIDED |
| ↓ | In a blatant way | GROSSLY |
| ↓ | Sport coats | BLAZERS |
| → | Openly and clearly | OVERTLY |
| → | Neither compact nor large | MIDSIZE |
| → | Kitchen paring tools | PEELERS |
September 28
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Numbers subject | MATH |
| ↓ | Fast aircraft | JETS |
| → | Speed contests | RACES |
September 29
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Subtle clues | HINTS |
| ↓ | Flows steadily | POURS |
| → | Bring upon oneself | INCUR |
September 30
| Direction | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| ↓ | Actions | DEEDS |
| ↓ | Started | BEGUN |
| → | Wobbles | TEETERS |
| → | Spiritual go-betweens | MEDIUMS |