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October Champs Mini
A short puzzle honoring a sporting icon's October birthday.
- Grid
- 5 × 5 Mini
- Clues
- 10 1 themed
- Average solve
- 2:22 948 solves
- Rating
- 4.4 (18)
- Published
- 3 Oct 2026 Sporting Saturday
The grid
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- 1 Brazilian soccer star born on October 23, 1940 (4) · THEME
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- 1 Alan ___, author of "Cry, the Beloved Country" (5)
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Did you know?
Pelé scored his first pro goal at 15. By age 17 he’d won a World Cup, making him a teenage global soccer superstar.
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