About these answers
Mini #389'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 MERIT (4-Across), SLIDE (6-Across), NIKON (7-Across), DELIS (1-Down), ERIKA (2-Down) and WIDOW (3-Down), at five letters; the shortest are DEW (1-Across), SAW (8-Across), MSN (4-Down) and TEN (5-Down).
The grid uses thirteen different letters. The most common are E and I, in three squares each, and 8 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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