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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Mini Crossword

Puzzle #25

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Across

  1. 1Wing, in biology
  2. 4Prize
  3. 6Proportion
  4. 7Peak
  5. 8Before, poetically

Down

  1. 4Bow shape
  2. 1Cognizant
  3. 2Subsequently
  4. 3Get up
  5. 5Tiny mark

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1A · acrossWing, in biology

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Weekend Mini Crossword puzzles are deliberately the hardest in the weekly rotation. Puzzle #25 (Saturday, June 20, 2026) is one of those: calibrated for solve times noticeably longer than weekday material and for the kind of edge-case pattern or vocabulary that produces "I thought I knew this one" experiences. Players who solve weekend puzzles consistently are at the upper end of the regular-player population.

Mid-June sits in the steady-rotation middle of the calendar month. The Mini Crossword difficulty calibration does not adjust for calendar position; puzzle #25 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.