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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  Org. defending individual rights
Answer: ACLU

5A clue: Repeated words that lead up to …
Answer: HIPHIP

7A clue: What puzzle solvers don’t look down on
Answer: ACROSS

8A clue: … a big cheer!
Answer: HOORAY

9A clue: Hathaway who starred in “The Princess Diaries”
Answer: ANNE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Garment on which it’s totally acceptable to get food stains
Answer: APRON

2D clue: Doing the dishes or mowing the lawn
Answer: CHORE

3D clue: Younger sister to Bart, older sister to Maggie
Answer: LISA

4D clue: “___-daisy!”
Answer: UPSY

5D clue: Bit of laughter
Answer: HAHA

6D clue: Image of a compass, for Safari
Answer: ICON