Daily Themed Mini Crossword October 23 2026 Answers

Every clue from the October 23, 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 October 23 2026 Daily Themed Crossword page.

10 of 10 clues

Across

1A Solar energy source SUN 3

4A Small part of a molecule ATOM 4

6A "Space Oddity" singer ___ Bowie DAVID 5

8A Start to "copter" to mean a chopper HELI 4

9A Actor Bruce of "Enter the Dragon" LEE 3

Down

1D Far from happy SAD 3

2D Salt Lake City's state UTAH 4

3D Bookstore buy, perhaps NOVEL 5

5D Marathoner's distance unit MILE 4

7D To ___ for (extremely good) DIE 3

No clue on this page matches that text.

Solved grid

The completed 5 x 5 Mini grid for October 23, 2026.

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About the October 23, 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.

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