Mini Crossword Answers — March 23, 2026

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Across

• 1: Barely lit, as a restaurant — DIM
• 4: Halley's, for one — COMET
• 5: Cognizant of one's surroundings — AWARE
• 6: Commence, as a journey — BEGIN
• 7: Permit, or a tennis serve do-over — LET

Down

• 1: Yellow vehicle, informally — CAB
• 2: Woodworking peg used for joining — DOWEL
• 3: Likeness, or what you project online — IMAGE
• 4: It has both worth and a badge, in scouting — MERIT
• 5: A perfect score in bowling, minus the pins? — TEN