Archive · Puzzle #73
Friday, August 7, 2026
Mini Crossword
Across
- 1Front yard
- 5Pack donkey
- 6Workers' group
- 7Sample
- 8Shade source
Down
- 5End piece
- 1Moon-related
- 2Get up
- 3Penned
- 4Zero of them
Friday Mini Crossword puzzles run at the harder end of the weekly difficulty curve, though not yet at the weekend ceiling. Puzzle #73 (Friday, August 7, 2026) reflects that calibration: longer solve times, occasional unusual vocabulary or pattern, and more reliance on strategic guess selection than the early-week material requires. Players using the archive to build skill should treat Fridays as the practical training-day puzzles.
Early-August 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 #73 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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