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Mini crossword for November 4, 2026

This date has its own 5×5, ten clues, three hint levels, and the answer table. The theme is “A firm wager.”

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Across

  1. 1. Money risked on an outcome
  2. 4. A flat piece of wood
  3. 6. Strong displeasure
  4. 7. To put something off
  5. 8. A group of matching things

Down

  1. 1. The hard framework inside a body
  2. 2. A large bird of prey
  3. 3. A small gift or a pleasant surprise
  4. 4. Not good
  5. 5. Not wet
Empty 5 by 5 grid used for the November 4, 2026 mini crossword
The playable grid is rendered on this page.

Hints

Level 1, part of speech. 1 across: noun. 1 down: noun. 2 down: noun. 3 down: noun. 4 across: noun. 4 down: adjective. 5 down: adjective. 6 across: noun. 7 across: verb. 8 across: noun. Setter note: Today's long down the middle is a bird again, but the top row is a wager, not a meeting. The skeleton hangs in the first long column.

Level 2, length and first letter. 1 across has 3 letters and starts with B. 4 across has 5 letters and starts with B. 6 across has 5 letters and starts with A. 7 across has 5 letters and starts with D. 8 across has 3 letters and starts with S.

Down, same level. 1 down has 5 letters and starts with B. 2 down has 5 letters and starts with E. 3 down has 5 letters and starts with T. 4 down has 3 letters and starts with B. 5 down has 3 letters and starts with D.

Answers

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Across: 1 BET, 4 BOARD, 6 ANGER, 7 DELAY, 8 SET.

Down: 1 BONES, 2 EAGLE, 3 TREAT, 4 BAD, 5 DRY.

I publish the table in the page because this URL is the hint-and-answer record for the date. The grid above still starts blank so you can play before you read this far.

Answer check for November 4, 2026
ClueAnswerStatus
1 acrossBETOriginal clue · this site
1 downBONESOriginal clue · this site
2 downEAGLEOriginal clue · this site
3 downTREATOriginal clue · this site
4 acrossBOARDOriginal clue · this site
4 downBADOriginal clue · this site
5 downDRYOriginal clue · this site
6 acrossANGEROriginal clue · this site
7 acrossDELAYOriginal clue · this site
8 acrossSETOriginal clue · this site
Clue card layout for the November 4, 2026 puzzle
Hints stay above the full answer table.

Questions

What is the theme on November 4, 2026?

A firm wager. Today's long down the middle is a bird again, but the top row is a wager, not a meeting. The skeleton hangs in the first long column.

Are these a newspaper's clues?

No. The grid, the entries, and the clues were made for this site.

Can I print this date?

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Sources

Public-source check: 2026-11-04. Pages from the same publisher count as one source.

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