About these answers
Mini #351'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 SLURP (5-Across), LOSER (6-Across), ANTSY (7-Across), ALONE (1-Down), BUSTS (2-Down) and CREST (3-Down), at five letters; the shortest are ABCS (1-Across), PEST (8-Across), SPRY (4-Down) and SLAP (5-Down).
The grid uses thirteen different letters. The most common is S, in five squares, and 6 of the 23 squares hold a vowel (A, E, I, O or U). There’s no J, Q, X or Z in it.
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