Cruciverbalist

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The Cruciverbalist

Explanations

Slinger's weapon? ................................MUD

(as in weapon for a mud slinger)

Minor key? .......................................ISLET

(some of the Florida Keys are islets)

Gets dark outside ................................TANS

(tanning: one way to get dark when it's light)

Hamburgers are near its mouth? ...................ELBE

(the mouth of the Elbe River is near Hamburg, Germany)

Frank account? ...................................DIARY

(as in Anne Frank's journal)

Poles on the equator, maybe? .....................EXPATS

(some Polish people living on the equator are expatriates)