Mini Crossword · Archive · Nov 5, 2026

Mini Crossword #309

The programming crossword from Nov 5, 2026. A 5×5 grid with 10 technical clues. Play it, and every other past puzzle, with BetterSWE Pro.

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Across

  1. Encrypted remote-login protocol (abbr.)
  2. Data pipeline that reshapes records before storing them (abbr.)
  3. Monitoring notification that might wake the on-call engineer
  4. OS label distinguishing one thread from another (abbr.)
  5. Function that puts a positive spin on negative input, for short

Down

  1. Initial values that make pseudorandom runs repeatable
  2. Python built-in that turns 42 into '42', for short
  3. x86 instruction that stops execution until an interrupt (abbr.)
  4. Disk interface standard with parallel and serial versions (abbr.)
  5. Windows static-library file extension, for short