About these answers
Mini #358'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 EIEIO (5-Across), USING (6-Across), ROOTS (7-Across), BISON (1-Down), AEIOU (2-Down) and TINTS (3-Down), at five letters; the shortest are BATH (1-Across), ONUS (8-Across), HOGS (4-Down) and EURO (5-Down).
The grid uses twelve different letters. The most common is O, in four squares, and 12 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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