About these answers
Mini #397'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 WALLS (5-Across), ARGUE (7-Across), YEARN (8-Across), RARER (2-Down), ALGAE (3-Down) and BLURS (4-Down), at five letters; the shortest are ARAB (1-Across), REST (9-Across), AWAY (1-Down) and SENT (6-Down).
The grid uses twelve different letters. The most common is A, in five squares, 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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