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Cars and the Road mini crosswords

Cars and the Road is theme 6 of 29 in Theme Minis, filed under town and work. It holds 35 small crosswords, 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, and every one of them leans on words from town and work.

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The make-up of Cars and the Road

A puzzle here carries 10 to 12 clues, 384 in all. Of those answers, 112 are on-subject words (3 to 6 letters), picked from a list of 98; the others are plain fill.

All 35 Cars and the Road puzzles

Puzzle by puzzle, with a taste of the clues. Nothing here gives away an answer or a grid.

Puzzle 1, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Parking ___” and “What you add to a soft tire”
Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “One full circuit of a track” and “Where the car sleeps at night”
Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “You steer with one and roll on four” and “Satellite navigation, for short”
Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What the red octagon means” and “Beeper in the middle of the wheel”
Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Station ___, a long-roofed car” and “It has a handle and a window”
Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Where a race car stops for fuel” and “Journey from one place to another”
Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Tachometer reading, for short” and “Fuel economy figure, for short”
Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Rod the wheels turn on” and “Hot ___, a souped-up old car”
Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Numbered plate on the bumper, informally” and “What you change every few thousand miles”
Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Speed limit unit, for short” and “Bend in the road”
Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Four-wheeled ride” and “You press it with your foot”
Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Pedal that stops you” and “What you pump at the station”
Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Sound that means pull over” and “Join the flow of traffic”
Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Sporty two-door” and “Parking lot souvenir in the fender”
Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Storage space in the back” and “What starts the ignition”
Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Carry a heavy load, as a rig does” and “Dial showing fuel or heat”
Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Roadside place to sleep” and “On-___, the way onto the highway”
Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Boxy vehicle for hauling people or gear” and “Dashboard air outlet”
Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Fender bender, more seriously” and “Journey from one place to another”
Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Numbered way off the interstate” and “Triangular sign telling you to give way”
Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Numbered highway” and “What you change every few thousand miles”
Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Blade that clears the rain” and “Haul away an illegally parked vehicle”
Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Grooved pattern on a tire” and “Sound that means pull over”
Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Big rig on the highway” and “What you add to a soft tire”
Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Marker unit on the interstate” and “Taxi, or a truck driver's compartment”
Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “What the radar gun measures” and “Sporty two-door”
Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Marked strip of the highway” and “___ lamp, for murky mornings”
Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Change gears” and “Haul away an illegally parked vehicle”
Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Nozzle stand at the filling station” and “Slide on wet pavement”
Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ lane, for carpools” and “Big family vehicle, for short”
Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Contest at the speedway” and “Red, yellow or green signal”
Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Four-door family car” and “Pedal that stops you”
Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Car with both gas and electric power” and “Panel holding the gauges”
Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Where the driver sits” and “Leave the car and walk away”

More Cars and the Road clues to try

Six more clues from the Cars and the Road word list, without their answers:

“Dashboard source of songs”
“What the pump sells”
“Panel over the engine”
“Multi-lane road with no toll”
“Edge you park against”
“Part that quiets the exhaust”

Finding Cars and the Road on the theme shelf

Want cars and the road puzzles only? Choose All the themes, pick Cars and the Road, and work down the list at your own pace. There are 35 to get through.

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