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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Put in persistent hard work
Answer: GRIND

6A clue: The “A” of A/V
Answer: AUDIO

7A clue: Buzzers by the trash
Answer: FLIES

8A clue: What was always seen blocking Wilson’s face, on “Home Improvement”
Answer: FENCE

9A clue: Outer boundaries
Answer: EDGES

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Politician’s stumble
Answer: GAFFE

2D clue: Was totally awesome
Answer: RULES

3D clue: What bar bouncers spend all night doing
Answer: IDING

4D clue: Nephew’s sister
Answer: NIECE

5D clue: Units of a vaccine
Answer: DOSES

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.