Five across, five down, two minutes.
A quick 5×5 crossword you can play right here. Click a square and type, click a clue to jump to it, and check your answers whenever you like. No sign-up, no timer breathing down your neck.
Puzzle:
Across
Down
Three things worth knowing
Click, then type
Pick any white square and start typing. The letters fill along the highlighted word, and the cursor moves on by itself.
Switch direction
Click the square you're already on — or tap the spacebar — to flip between Across and Down. Arrow keys move you around the grid.
Check or reveal
Check marks correct letters green and wrong ones red. Stuck on one word? Reveal just that word and keep the rest of the puzzle intact.
Crack it with the solvers
A mini crossword is small enough that one stubborn word blocks the whole grid. If you know some of the letters and the length, the Anagram Solver will filter the dictionary down to the words that fit the pattern.
And if a clue looks like an anagram — cryptic setters love them — drop the fodder letters straight into the solver and watch the answer surface.
Open the Anagram Solver
Finished already?
Hit "New puzzle" for the next grid, or put your letters through one of the solvers.