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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Mini Crossword

Puzzle #23

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Across

  1. 1Bar bill
  2. 4Crime fire
  3. 6Glue
  4. 7Slice
  5. 8To the max

Down

  1. 4Phone download
  2. 1Choo-choo
  3. 2Plus
  4. 3Mess up
  5. 5Born as

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1A · acrossBar bill

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Mid-week Mini Crossword puzzles are calibrated between the easy early-week tier and the harder weekend tier. Puzzle #23 from Thursday, June 18, 2026 reflects that middle setting: longer solve time than Monday or Tuesday on average, but without the harder calibration the weekend reserves. The mid-week puzzles are the ones most players consider canonical Mini Crossword — neither padded easy nor stretched difficult.

Mid-June sits in the steady-rotation middle of the calendar month. The Mini Crossword difficulty calibration does not adjust for calendar position; puzzle #23 runs the same calibration the day-of-week band specifies, regardless of where in the month it falls. The mid-month archive is the most representative slice of typical Mini Crossword difficulty over time.