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THE SUDOKULOFT COLLECTION / 90 PUZZLES

Mini Crossword

Small clues. A few crossings. A pleasing little finish.

How to play
Easy / PUZZLE 01

Morning edition 01

5 clues · 7 × 70 / 18 letters
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ACROSS

DOWN

Selected: 2 Across · A border around a picture

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THE ILLUSTRATED FIELD GUIDE / MINI CROSSWORD

Let one answer lead to another.

Answer the Across and Down clues, placing one letter in each white square. The small numbers mark where answers begin. Black squares separate words. These small practice diagrams show the rules; your collection uses 7 × 7 grids.

01

Choose a clue you know

A small crossword with four highlighted horizontal squares for the clue Not cold, four letters; its first square is numbered 2.
2 Across: “Not cold (4)” → WARM.

Select a clue to highlight its answer squares. Across runs from left to right; Down runs from top to bottom. The number in brackets tells you how many letters you need. “Not cold (4)” gives WARM in the four highlighted squares.

02

Let the crossings help

The answers WARM across and RAIN down cross at a highlighted A, with an annotation pointing to the shared square.
WARM and RAIN share one A. It belongs to both answers.

Two answers that cross use the same square and the same letter. WARM and RAIN share A in this example. Filling the Across answer gives you a letter in the Down answer for free. If two guesses disagree at a crossing, revisit a clue.

03

Check a letter, or ask for one

The mistaken answer WORM has a dashed underline under O, beside a correction showing A in that square.
Check marks the O; a letter hint reveals the A that belongs there.

Check letters underlines incorrect entries without replacing them. Hint letter fills the selected square with its correct letter, or finds the next unfinished square when the selected letter is already right. Keep using the clues and crossings to solve the rest.

04

Complete every white square

The completed WARM and RAIN crossword, with every white square filled and both answers checked.
All seven white squares in this practice grid now agree.

A word that looks plausible still has to answer its clue. Finish all Across and Down answers with matching crossings to complete the grid. Easy has five answers, Medium six and Hard seven; every level contains 30 puzzles.

THE FINISH LINE

What counts as complete?

Every white square must contain its correct letter. The letter counter measures filled squares; it does not guarantee they are correct. The completion ticket appears when the entire grid is right.

ONE TO REMEMBER

A common wrong turn

Do not put a letter in a black square or treat a crossing as two separate squares. When an answer seems right but a crossing disagrees, check the meaning of both clues.

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Controls & a little help

Type on a physical keyboard or use the letter buttons below the board. The cursor advances along the selected answer. Arrow keys move between squares; Backspace erases and can step back through the answer. Select another clue to change direction, or press Space at a crossing to switch to its other answer.

PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF

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