Daily Themed Mini Crossword January 8 2026 Answers

Every clue from the January 8, 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 8 2026 Daily Themed Crossword page.

10 of 10 clues

Across

1A DJ's assortment: Abbr. CDS 3

4A Pig's sound OINK 4

6A Shaving razor's target BEARD 5

8A Dessert with a crust PIE 3

9A PC bailout key ESC 3

Down

1D Corn on the ___ COB 3

2D "___ Hard" (Bruce Willis film) DIE 3

3D Professor Severus ___ from "Harry Potter" SNAPE 5

5D Kardashian matriarch KRIS 4

7D Last month, for short DEC 3

No clue on this page matches that text.

Solved grid

The completed 5 x 5 Mini grid for January 8, 2026.

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About the January 8, 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 8 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.