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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Notoriously antisocial pets
Answer: CATS

5A clue: ___ Sun (drink in a pouch)
Answer: CAPRI

6A clue: Extremely excited
Answer: AMPED

7A clue: All-out fight
Answer: MELEE

8A clue: “The Tell-Tale Heart” writer
Answer: POE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Brief appearance in a movie
Answer: CAMEO

2D clue: It doesn’t fall far from the 3-Down, in an idiom
Answer: APPLE

3D clue: See 2-Down
Answer: TREE

4D clue: Heads or tails
Answer: SIDE

5D clue: Spend a few nights in the woods, perhaps
Answer: CAMP