Strange Exchange
◆ · By Brian Callahan · Crosshare's Daily Mini for 9/16/2023
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Springy sound
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Across
- 1ASpringy sound
- 6ACashless payment
- 7AHomophone of 1-Down that's hinted at by a word in this puzzle's title
- 8ASheer silliness
- 9A"The best things in life are free" and "there's no such thing as a free lunch," e.g.
- 10ABegat
Down
- 1DHomophone of 7-Across that's hinted at by a word in this puzzle's title
- 2DEminem rhymed it with "door hinge" in a "60 Minutes" interview
- 3D"Well, that was my best shot..."
- 4DOld-timey dismayed reaction
- 5DEarl ___ (U.K. peerage title that's also a Twinings variety)
- 6DForehead decoration on the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
- 7DLean