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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Friday, August 9, 2024:

Across

Move like a kangaroo

• The answer is hop.

Purple soda flavor

• The answer is grape.

Bird used for sending messages on "House of the Dragon"

• The answer is raven.

Oak tree-to-be

• The answer is acorn.

What half-life measures, in nuclear physics

• The answer is decay.

Down

Pandemonium

• The answer is havoc.

Performance for a prima donna

• The answer is opera.

Take a ___, leave a ___

• The answer is penny.

Mortarboard wearer

• The answer is grad.

A dash is a short one

• The answer is race.

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