Archive · Puzzle #39
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Mini Crossword
Across
- 1Coffee vessel
- 4Last
- 6Japanese cartoon
- 7Famous
- 8Music note
Down
- 4Cooling device
- 1Small
- 2Join together
- 3Contests
- 5Showed the way
Saturday and Sunday Mini Crossword puzzles sit at the top of the weekly difficulty curve — longer solves, more unusual vocabulary or patterns, and a higher rate of player solve-rate drops than any other day of the week. Puzzle #39 from Saturday, July 4, 2026 reflects that calibration. The weekend puzzles are the ones that produce the most interesting share-string variation across the community and the highest concentration of "how did you do" conversations.
Early-July puzzles open the calendar month — useful entry points for new players who want a clean starting puzzle number to anchor a daily streak from. The Mini Crossword archive numbering is continuous, so puzzle #39 fits in the wider sequence but the first few days of a new month make natural restart points after a missed streak.
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