🧩 Small 9×9 · Medium · ID small-medium-3
Small Crossword No. 3 (Medium)
24 original clues, typically 10 to 20 minutes. A wider vocabulary and a few puns to untangle. Play it on screen with a timer and check tools, or print it on one page.
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Across
- 1Spiral shell you can hear the sea in (5)
- 6Knowing about (5)
- 7Say again (6)
- 9Tuesday special (4)
- 12Fuss, as in "much ___ about nothing" (3)
- 13October birthstone (4)
- 14Flower stalk (4)
- 15Choose (3)
- 16Basil or mint (4)
- 17Mailed message (6)
- 20Not dead (5)
- 21Make new again (5)
Down
- 1Christmas song (5)
- 2Be in debt (3)
- 3Power-down for a toddler (3)
- 4Make (6)
- 5Soccer head-butt (6)
- 8Burial vault (4)
- 9Hammer or saw (4)
- 10Come into view (6)
- 11Cows on a ranch (6)
- 14Tiny mole-like mammal (5)
- 18Soup holder (3)
- 19Night before a holiday (3)
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About this crossword
Bite-sized puzzles with a proper grid and plenty of crossings. A wider vocabulary and a few puns to untangle. More puzzles are on the free crossword puzzles page, including a daily mini crossword and themed puzzles.
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