Issue #1 Fri 1 May
Mini Crossword hints — May 1, 2026
A breezy Friday Mini — three of the longer answers cross at letters that come early in the alphabet, so once you crack one corner the rest unspool quickly.
Trickiest clue
Across
1 ACROSS 4 nudges · 3 letters
"Zip-a-___-Doo-Dah"
The fill-in-the-blank from a famously banned Disney song's opening line.
Starts with D.
D _ _
DEE
4 ACROSS 4 nudges · 4 letters
Cap and gown wearer, informally
The shortened form of what a person becomes the day they finish their degree.
Starts with G.
G _ _ _
GRAD
5 ACROSS 4 nudges · 5 letters
Major purchase that might come with a down payment
The biggest single buy most adults ever make — banks build whole industries around lending you the money for it.
Starts with H.
H _ _ _ _
HOUSE
6 ACROSS 4 nudges · 5 letters
Doc who really delivers?
The five-letter medical abbreviation for the specialist who is literally there at every birth.
Starts with O.
O _ _ _ _
OBGYN
7 ACROSS 4 nudges · 4 letters
Home of the Leaning Tower
The Tuscan city famous for an architectural mistake that nobody ever fixed.
Starts with P.
P _ _ _
PISA
Down
1 DOWN 4 nudges · 5 letters
Prescription products
The general term for whatever the pharmacist hands across the counter.
Starts with D.
D _ _ _ _
DRUGS
2 DOWN 4 nudges · 5 letters
Course that you could sleep through and still pass
Student slang for a class that hands out top marks for showing up.
Starts with E.
E _ _ _ _
EASY A
3 DOWN 4 nudges · 4 letters
Where Adam and Eve were eatin' the apple, fittingly?
The Biblical garden from Genesis — letters of which are an anagram of 'NEED' (and live inside the verb 'EATIN').
Starts with E.
E _ _ _
EDEN
4 DOWN 4 nudges · 4 letters
Asia's largest desert
The cold Mongolian-Chinese desert that's bigger than any other on the continent.
Starts with G.
G _ _ _
GOBI
5 DOWN 4 nudges · 3 letters
Bunny's bounce
The single-syllable verb describing a rabbit's basic mode of getting around.
Starts with H.
H _ _
HOP