Crossword Mini Hints & Answers - Sunday, 14 June 2026
Stuck on the Crossword Mini puzzle for Sunday, 14 June 2026 (puzzle #48)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 5 across · 6 down.
Solution grid
Reveal solution
Across answers
Tap Hint for the first letter, or Answer for the full solution.
- 1A. Give it your ___ (4)
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B · · ·Answer
BEST - 5A. Surgeon's small piercing blade (6)
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L · · · · ·Answer
LANCET - 7A. What the deceased leaves behind (6)
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E · · · · ·Answer
ESTATE - 8A. Rugged mountain range, or S in NATO code (6)
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S · · · · ·Answer
SIERRA - 9A. Horror film soundtrack staple (6)
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S · · · · ·Answer
SCREAM
Down answers
Tap Hint for the first letter, or Answer for the full solution.
- 1D. Simple and fundamental (5)
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B · · · ·Answer
BASIC - 2D. Key for confirming, or coming in (5)
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E · · · ·Answer
ENTER - 3D. Quick jolt of fright (5)
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S · · · ·Answer
SCARE - 4D. Tiny fish for the home aquarium (5)
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T · · · ·Answer
TETRA - 5D. Not as much (4)
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L · · ·Answer
LESS - 6D. Eleven on a football pitch (4)
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T · · ·Answer
TEAM