Archive · Puzzle #57
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Mini Crossword
Across
- 1Crow sound
- 4Pond green
- 6Bash
- 7Slice
- 8Whatever
Down
- 4Phone download
- 1Assert
- 2Concur
- 3Wrist clock
- 5Vision organ
Mid-week Mini Crossword puzzles are calibrated between the easy early-week tier and the harder weekend tier. Puzzle #57 from Wednesday, July 22, 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.
Late-July puzzles close the calendar month, with puzzle #57 part of that closing run. The Mini Crossword calibration does not shift specifically for end-of-month — the puzzle difficulty follows the day-of-week band per the published methodology — but players who track monthly solve streaks often pay extra attention to the closing days to lock in a full-month run.
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