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🧩 Small 9×9 · Hard · ID small-hard-1

Small Crossword No. 1 (Hard)

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Small Crossword No. 1 (Hard)ID small-hard-1
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Across

  1. 1Pointed weapon (5)
  2. 6Rub out (5)
  3. 7Plaid pattern (6)
  4. 9Green and soft-covered (5)
  5. 12Make good of a tool (3)
  6. 13Period in history (3)
  7. 14Haul a car (3)
  8. 15Nothing (3)
  9. 16Happening (5)
  10. 18Aimless drawing (6)
  11. 20Not tight (5)
  12. 21Come in (5)

Down

  1. 1Puts down (4)
  2. 2Say a prayer (4)
  3. 3Corn has one (3)
  4. 4Sharp-minded (6)
  5. 5Cause (6)
  6. 8Small salamander (4)
  7. 9Fix (4)
  8. 10Orange songbird (6)
  9. 11Wild West bar (6)
  10. 16Otherwise (4)
  11. 17Swerve (4)
  12. 19Period at the end of a sentence (3)
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