About these answers
Mini #328'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 CLONE (5-Across), HELEN (6-Across), EXERT (7-Across), ALEXA (1-Down), MOLES (2-Down) and INERT (3-Down), at five letters; the shortest are AMID (1-Across), FAST (8-Across), DENT (4-Down) and CHEF (5-Down).
The grid uses fifteen different letters. The most common is E, in five squares, and 9 of the 23 squares hold a vowel (A, E, I, O or U). It includes X, one of the four letters (J, Q, X and Z) that turn up least often in English.
The trickier clues, explained
- 5-Down, “Kitchen boss?”: the answer is CHEF. A question mark is the crossword signal for wordplay.
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