About these answers
Mini #357'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 SIDED (5-Across), ALEVE (7-Across), PLAIN (8-Across), VILLA (2-Down), IDEAL (3-Down) and DEVIL (4-Down), at five letters; the shortest are AVID (1-Across), ALLY (9-Across), ASAP (1-Down) and DENY (6-Down).
The grid uses ten different letters. The most common are A and L, in four squares each, and 10 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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