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Mini Crossword: Across Clues and Solutions
- 1A. Clue: Word after “cheap as” or “old as”
Solution: DIRT - 5A. Clue: Sean ___, filmmaker who garnered four Oscars for “Anora”
Solution: BAKER - 6A. Clue: Musical “It’s the Hard-Knock Life”
Solution: ANNIE - 7A. Clue: Tea room pastry
Solution: SCONE - 8A. Clue: Quilting action, perhaps
Solution: SEWS
Mini Crossword: Down Clues and Solutions
- 1D. Clue: “Never give a sword to a man who can’t ___”: Confucius
Solution: DANCE - 2D. Clue: “No need to explain!”
Solution: IKNOW - 3D. Clue: Equestrian gear for riders
Solution: REINS - 4D. Clue: Potential source of shade
Solution: TREE - 5D. Clue: Big Mouth Billy ___ (singing robotic fish)
Solution: BASS
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