How can I draw a cross in javascript

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The aim is to write function drawACross which returns a cross shape with 'x' characters on a square grid of size and height of our sole input n. All non-'x' characters in the grid should be filled with a space character (" ").
The arms of the cross must only intersect through one central 'x' character, and start in the corner of the grid, so for even values of n, return "Centered cross not possible!"

If n < 3, function should return "Not possible to draw cross for grids less than 3x3!"
This is my code, but in the result the cross is not centered:

function drawACross(n) {
  if (n % 2 === 0) {
    console.log("Centered cross not possible!")
  } else if (n < 3) {
    console.log("Not possible to draw cross for grids less than 3x3!")
  } else {
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      let arr = new Array(n)
      let y = arr.fill("", 0, arr.length)
      y.splice(arr.length - (i + 1), 1, "x")
      y.splice(i, 1, "x")
      console.log(y.join(" "))
    }
  }
}

drawACross(5);

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