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At the Beach mini crosswords

At the Beach is theme 2 of 29 in Theme Minis, filed under water and shore. It holds 35 small crosswords, 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, and every one of them leans on words from water and shore.

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The make-up of At the Beach

A puzzle here carries 10 to 12 clues, 382 in all. Of those answers, 117 are on-subject words (3 to 6 letters), picked from a list of 100; the others are plain fill.

All 35 At the Beach puzzles

Numbers follow the order on the theme shelf. Clues are quoted so you can see the flavour of each puzzle, and the answers and grids stay inside the game.

  1. Puzzle 1, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Long, snaky swimmer” and “The salt water”
  2. Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Harbor full of pleasure boats” and “Water ring around a sandcastle”
  3. Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “How the sand feels at noon” and “Blue overhead”
  4. Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What the midday sun brings” and “Stay on top of the water”
  5. Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Color of the water” and “Green growth in the water”
  6. Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Volleyball divider” and “It fills the float”
  7. Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ tide” and “What you swim in”
  8. Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Jet ___” and “How the sea tastes”
  9. Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Flat fish that glides, or a sunbeam” and “Folding seat for the sand”
  10. Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Big spiral shell you can blow” and “Wide brim for shade”
  11. Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Quick swim” and “Strip of sand”
  12. Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What fills the cooler” and “Sideways scuttler”
  13. Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Small sheltered inlet” and “Dip it in to test the water”
  14. Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What the tan comes from” and “Walkway out over the water”
  15. Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Inner ___ to float on” and “How you come out of the water”
  16. Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “How the towel starts out” and “Evening sky show over the water”
  17. Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Common food fish” and “Where the land meets the water”
  18. Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Mist off the waves” and “Barking shore mammal”
  19. Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “It cuts the surface” and “What fills the cooler”
  20. Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Toothy fish with a dorsal fin” and “It flies on a string”
  21. Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Flat, with no waves” and “What fills the cooler”
  22. Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Walk in the shallows” and “Largest sea animal”
  23. Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Group of dolphins” and “What the day is for”
  24. Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Catch with a line” and “Move with the current”
  25. Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Bright and clear” and “What the tan comes from”
  26. Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “It breaks on the shore” and “Long, snaky swimmer”
  27. Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “White seabird with a forked tail” and “Vast body of salt water”
  28. Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “You lie on it” and “Small craft”
  29. Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “A surfer rides it” and “How the towel starts out”
  30. Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Swimmer's head cover” and “Diving with a tank”
  31. Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Common food fish” and “Swimmer's head cover”
  32. Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Bucket for a sandcastle” and “Volleyball divider”
  33. Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “It rows the dinghy” and “Move with the current”
  34. Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Front swimming stroke” and “What fills the cooler”
  35. Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Go in head first” and “Wide brim for shade”

Sample At the Beach clues

Clues only, from the At the Beach list:

  • “Floating marker”
  • “Slimy green strands”
  • “Narrow arm of the sea”
  • “Ride the board”
  • “White froth on a wave”
  • “Color you get from the sun”

Play At the Beach in Theme Minis

Want at the beach puzzles only? Choose All the themes, pick At the Beach, and work down the list at your own pace. There are 35 to get through.

Rules, the timer and the streak are in How to play Theme Minis.

Themes near At the Beach

The full theme list has the rest. Prefer a quiz? Try Rewind; prefer words? See Stepword.