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Daily Themed Mini Crossword January 5 2026 Answers

Every clue from the January 5, 2026 Mini, with the solution beside it and the completed grid below. The Mini is the small 5 x 5 puzzle — if you are after the full-size grid, it is on the January 5 2026 Daily Themed Crossword page.

10 of 10 clues
Across
1A ___ order (difficult task) TALL 4
5A Assortment of items ARRAY 5
6A Actress Witherspoon from "Sweet Home Alabama" REESE 5
7A Horse hair? MANE 4
8A Glowing dot in the sky? STAR 4
Down
1D "Trick or ___" TREAT 5
2D Sporting event venue ARENA 5
3D Surgical beam LASER 5
4D Soapmaking chemical LYE 3
5D Sofa parts ARMS 4
Solved grid
1T
2A
3L
4L
5A
R
R
A
Y
6R
E
E
S
E
7M
A
N
E
8S
T
A
R

The completed 5 x 5 Mini grid for January 5, 2026.

About the January 5, 2026 Mini

The Daily Themed Mini Crossword is the small 5 x 5 companion to the main puzzle — 10 clues instead of the usual sixty-odd, so most players finish it in a couple of minutes. Answers here run three to five letters.

Looking for the full-size grid from the same day? It is on the Daily Themed Crossword January 5 2026 page. Every Mini we have solved is listed in the Mini archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.