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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Lifeguard’s skill, for short
Answer: CPR

4A clue: Health measure calculated using height and weight: Abbr.
Answer: BMI

7A clue: “I’ve cracked the code!”
Answer: AHA

8A clue: Long, long time
Answer: EON

9A clue: Like a desert’s climate
Answer: ARID

10A clue: “We’re still figuring it out” inits.
Answer: TBD

11A clue: Holder of meats and cheeses at a supermarket
Answer: DELICASE

13A clue: Needing careful handling
Answer: DELICATE

14A clue: X-ray alternative
Answer: MRI

15A clue: Zipped along
Answer: SPED

16A clue: Suffix with legal
Answer: ESE

17A clue: Ask nosy questions
Answer: PRY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Header on a company’s website, perhaps
Answer: CAREERS

2D clue: Opponent of a Met or Marlin, in the N.L. East
Answer: PHILLIE

3D clue: Halves of diameters
Answer: RADII

4D clue: Tech release that’s not the finished product
Answer: BETAAPP

5D clue: Mafia member
Answer: MOBSTER

6D clue: “Yes ___!” (informal “For sure!”)
Answer: INDEEDY

9D clue: Words from someone hoping to be friends on Facebook
Answer: ADDME

12D clue: Includes on an email chain
Answer: CCS

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