- Grid
- 5 × 5 Mini
- Clues
- 10 1 themed
- Average solve
- 2:51 795 solves
- Rating
- 4.5 (18)
- Published
- 28 Aug 2025 Fiction Thursday
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- 8 Nero ___, fictional detective created by Rex Stout (5) · THEME
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Down
- 1 Hit ___ ___ nerve; touch on a sensitive issue (1,3)
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Did you know?
Rex Stout wrote more than 70 "Nero Wolfe" stories.
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