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⚡ Mini 5×5 · Hard · ID mini-hard-1

Mini Crossword No. 1 (Hard)

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Mini Crossword No. 1 (Hard)ID mini-hard-1
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Across

  1. 5Make up for a wrong (5)
  2. 7Locomotive pulling cars (5)
  3. 8Large and heavy (5)

Down

  1. 1Wood-turning machine (5)
  2. 2Scatter (5)
  3. 3Come together (5)
  4. 4Nairobi's nation (5)
  5. 6Clumsy fool (3)
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