About these answers
Mini #327's ten answers fill 23 white squares, and every one of them is crossed, so each letter belongs to one Across and one Down answer. The longest answers are OBAMA (5-Across), ROMAN (7-Across), ELECT (8-Across), EBOLA (2-Down), GAMES (3-Down) and SMACK (4-Down), at five letters; the shortest are BEGS (1-Across), ASKS (9-Across), BORE (1-Down) and ANTS (6-Down).
The grid uses thirteen different letters. The most common is A, in four squares, and 9 of the 23 squares hold a vowel (A, E, I, O or U). There’s no J, Q, X or Z in it.
The trickier clues, explained
- 3-Down, “The Olympics, for short”: the short form is GAMES.
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