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Cats mini crosswords

Looking for cats crosswords with a short grid? Theme Minis has 35 of them, 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, written around one subject and filed under pets.

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Counting the Cats puzzles

Themed answers make up 103 of the 384 clues in this theme, and they come 2 to 5 to a puzzle. The shortest is 3 letters, the longest 6, and the word list behind them has 100 entries.

Every Cats puzzle, numbered

Here is the full run, in the game’s own order. A couple of each puzzle’s themed clues are quoted, without their answers; puzzles that may be a daily mini soon are shown without clues.

  1. Puzzle 1, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  2. Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “It glows green in the dark” and “End of the tail”
  3. Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Warm place to curl up on” and “What a scared pet climbs”
  4. Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  5. Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “What a hunter chases” and “Jump to the counter”
  6. Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Have dinner” and “High place to nap”
  7. Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  8. Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Used to people” and “Small rug by the food dish”
  9. Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Round toy that rolls” and “Window entertainment”
  10. Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Jingly mouse to bat around” and “Big cat of the savanna”
  11. Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Soft cushion under a toe” and “Animal kept in the house”
  12. Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Affectionate name for a pet” and “Favorite seat to claim”
  13. Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ cat, the male of the house” and “Biggest wild cat”
  14. Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Small gray rodent” and “Run after a laser dot”
  15. Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Tin of wet food” and “Whiskered house pet”
  16. Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Tall carpeted climbing perch” and “Happy rumble”
  17. Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Move quietly” and “Rich layer from the top of milk”
  18. Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Creep up on a bird” and “Pet with no home”
  19. Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Striped coat pattern” and “Canned fish treat”
  20. Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Male feline” and “Tiny kitten sound”
  21. Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Like a kitten's belly” and “Move around hunting”
  22. Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Grooming tool” and “What a hunter chases”
  23. Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Do it sixteen hours a day” and “It glows green in the dark”
  24. Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Rodent bigger than a mouse” and “Like a sunny windowsill”
  25. Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Soft foot” and “Sofa that gets scratched”
  26. Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Box filling” and “Jingly mouse to bat around”
  27. Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Round cushion for sleeping” and “It swivels toward a sound”
  28. Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “High spot to sit” and “Mountain lion”
  29. Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Saucer drink” and “Small rug by the food dish”
  30. Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Herb that drives pets wild” and “Animal kept in the house”
  31. Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Coat of a pet” and “Classic rival”
  32. Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Stroke behind the ears” and “Rodents a barn cat hunts”
  33. Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  34. Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Retractable nail” and “Sleek layer of fur”
  35. Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Fill the bowl” and “Flavor of many pet foods”

More Cats clues to try

Clues only, from the Cats list:

  • “It swishes when the pet is annoyed”
  • “Gone back to living on its own”
  • “Stalk a mouse”
  • “Classic feline call”
  • “Like soft footsteps”
  • “Wild cat with tufted ears”

Open the Cats theme in the game

The front page of Theme Minis has a button for the themes; Cats is among them. Open it and the puzzles are shown a dozen at a time.

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

Themes near Cats

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