Archive · Puzzle #94
Friday, August 28, 2026
Mini Crossword
Across
- 1Mideast resident
- 5Shut
- 6Not tight
- 7Go in
- 8Sunset side
Down
- 5Ball of yarn
- 1Solo
- 2Plant grounders
- 3Plus
- 4Pint pour
Friday Mini Crossword puzzles run at the harder end of the weekly difficulty curve, though not yet at the weekend ceiling. Puzzle #94 (Friday, August 28, 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.
Late-August puzzles close the calendar month, with puzzle #94 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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