Free NYT Mini Crossword — Play Online Daily
The Mini Crossword is the perfect coffee-break puzzle: a compact 5×5 grid you can usually finish in about a minute. Funzzle gives you a brand-new Mini every single day, completely free — no NYT subscription, no account, and no limit on how many you can play.
Our Mini plays exactly the way you expect. Tap a square to start, read the highlighted clue, and type your answer; the cursor auto-advances across or down. Use the arrow keys or tap a clue to jump around, and hit Check any time to see whether your letters are right. Stuck? Reveal fills the solution so you can learn the tricky entries for next time.
Today's free Mini Crossword
1A Organ that pumps blood
Across
Down
Why play the Mini on Funzzle?
Because it is genuinely free and genuinely daily. A short crossword is one of the best small habits you can build — it wakes up your vocabulary, sharpens pattern recognition, and gives you a tidy little win to start the day. Keeping it free means you can make it a routine without a recurring charge.
Want to see how today's puzzle shakes out, or review one you missed? Our NYT Crossword answers page publishes every clue with a short explanation, and the archive covers the last 30 days. You can also browse individual crossword clue answers when a single entry has you stumped. Prefer a word game instead? Try our free unlimited Wordle.
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