Sunday, October 11, 2026 · by Joel Fagliano
This Mini by Joel Fagliano is a 5×5 grid with 10 clues and 2 black squares.
Across clues and answers
- 1Towel (off)
- WIPE
- 5Result of brainstorming
- IDEA
- 6What jellyfish and bees do
- STING
- 7Glowed bright
- SHONE
- 8Surface over which to skip a stone … as illustrated in the circled letters
- WATER
Down clues and answers
- 1The Beatles' "___ Little Help From My Friends"
- WITHA
- 2Dummy
- IDIOT
- 3Pasta that can be made "alla vodka"
- PENNE
- 4Like a beaver, in a saying
- EAGER
- 6Direction from N.Y.C. to Miami: Abbr.
- SSW
Solve the shortest answers first: every letter they place is a free crossing.