About these answers
Mini #344's ten answers fill 21 white squares, and every one of them is crossed, so each letter belongs to one Across and one Down answer. The longest answers are FAKED (6-Across), DRAMA (1-Down), RAKES (2-Down) and AGENT (3-Down), at five letters; the shortest are BED (4-Down) and FOE (6-Down).
The grid uses thirteen different letters. The most common are A and E, in four squares each, and 9 of the 21 squares hold a vowel (A, E, I, O or U). There’s no J, Q, X or Z in it.
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