About these answers
Mini #316's ten answers fill 19 white squares, and every one of them is crossed, so each letter belongs to one Across and one Down answer. The longest answers are TRITE (5-Across) and ARISE (1-Down), at five letters; the shortest are APE (1-Across), ONE (7-Across), EYE (3-Down) and TKO (5-Down).
The grid uses twelve different letters. The most common is E, in three squares, and 8 of the 19 squares hold a vowel (A, E, I, O or U). There’s no J, Q, X or Z in it.
The trickier clues, explained
- 5-Down, “Boxing win when a fighter can't continue, for short”: the short form is TKO.
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