CROSSWORD
Bear Necessities Mini
A quick puzzle with a themed entry about a beloved bamboo-eating animal.
- Grid
- 5 × 5 Mini
- Clues
- 10 1 themed
- Average solve
- 2:14 1,038 solves
- Rating
- 4.3 (18)
- Published
- 27 Sep 2026 Super Sunday
The grid
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Across
- 7 Bamboo-munching bear (5) · THEME
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Down
- 1 Have ___ ___ to pick; a grievance with someone (1,4)
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Did you know?
Giant pandas have a ‘false thumb’ - an enlarged wrist bone that works like an opposable digit, perfect for gripping bamboo.
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