About these answers
Mini #386'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 RATIO (5-Across), ACHOO (6-Across), STANK (7-Across), CACTI (1-Down), ETHAN (2-Down) and LIONS (3-Down), at five letters; the shortest are CELL (1-Across), PINS (8-Across), LOOK (4-Down) and RASP (5-Down).
The grid uses thirteen different letters. The most common are A and O, in three squares each, and 9 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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