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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Place with ships and slips
Answer: DOCK

5A clue: Assignment for a delivery driver
Answer: ROUTE

6A clue: Way in
Answer: ENTRY

7A clue: What might leave stains on a gardener’s pants
Answer: SOIL

8A clue: Fearsome dinosaur, for short
Answer: TREX

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Person giving blood
Answer: DONOR

2D clue: Kind of belly button that 10% of the world has
Answer: OUTIE

3D clue: Shortcut for “cut,” for short
Answer: CTRLX

4D clue: Door opener … like 6-Across?
Answer: KEY

5D clue: “Oh, give it a ___ already!”
Answer: REST