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School Days mini crosswords

Each of the 35 puzzles in the School Days theme is a mini crossword whose themed answers come from one word list of 100 entries. 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, and the theme sits in the town and work family.

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School Days by the numbers

There are 384 clues across the 35 puzzles, between 10 and 12 in each one. 118 of the answers belong to the theme, between 2 and 5 per puzzle, and the rest are everyday words that fill the grid.

All 35 School Days puzzles

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. Themed clues: “What you study for” and “Spinning model of the world”
  2. Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “It rings at the end of class” and “Study hard the night before”
  3. Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Grade average, for short” and “Do simple arithmetic”
  4. Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Get a perfect score on” and “The alphabet's first three”
  5. Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ chart” and “Put the letters in order”
  6. Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  7. Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Spring dance” and “A, B, or C”
  8. Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Front-of-room writing surface” and “Parent group, for short”
  9. Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  10. Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Singing group” and “Pick up new knowledge”
  11. Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Fall-to-spring school span” and “Cafeteria carrier”
  12. Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Sticky stuff for crafts” and “___ rally before the big game”
  13. Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Class that puts on plays” and “Line of desks”
  14. Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  15. Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Kid at a desk” and “Soccer or track, for one”
  16. Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Go through a chapter” and “Curve drawn with a compass”
  17. Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “It has pages and a spine” and “Classroom law”
  18. Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  19. Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Color of the grading pen” and “Life science class, for short”
  20. Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Oval for running” and “Divider in a binder”
  21. Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Notebook sheet, or an essay” and “One sheet of a book”
  22. Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “College entrance test, for short” and “Waxy coloring stick”
  23. Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “When a paper must be handed in” and “Yellow ride to class”
  24. Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Put words on paper” and “Write in block letters”
  25. Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  26. Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Graduation headwear with a tassel” and “Group with trumpets and drums”
  27. Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Teacher's helper” and “Hit the books”
  28. Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Class with paint and clay” and “Five-paragraph assignment”
  29. Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Straight edge for measuring” and “Wall chart of the world”
  30. Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ card” and “Grade average, for short”
  31. Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Friday night football event” and “What a student aims for”
  32. Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Midday meal in the cafeteria” and “Room with beakers”
  33. Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Number at the top of a test” and “College entrance test, for short”
  34. Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Use the keyboard” and “Fall-to-spring school span”
  35. Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Class with recorders” and “Parent group, for short”

Sample School Days clues

Six more clues from the School Days word list, without their answers:

  • “Kids form one for lunch”
  • “One who runs practice”
  • “It rubs out mistakes”
  • “What the class pledges to”
  • “Ink writer”
  • “Front-of-the-room grown-up”

Finding School Days on the theme shelf

Want school days puzzles only? Choose All the themes, pick School Days, and work down the list at your own pace. There are 35 to get through.

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Themes near School Days

All 29 themes are on the Theme Minis topics page. For a different daily game, see the Rewind trivia branches or the Stepword ladders.