Level 1318 Solution

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Solution Grid

1 O
V
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P
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2 N
D
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3 B
4 T
C
L
A
T
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5 S
C
R
A
P
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6 V
T
R
D
7 S
H
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N
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8 G
R
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S
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Across

1. OVERSPEND
  • Series of balls are due to exceed budget
  • Excessive outlay unfortunately proves downfall
  • Pass the budget
  • Some cricket writer beginning to deprecate splurge
  • Wreck the budget.
5. SCRAPE
  • Predicament
  • Abrasion
  • Pickle
  • Tough spot
  • Minor injury
7. SHINY
  • Lustrous
  • Like a new penny
  • Like new pennies
  • Polished
  • Reflective
8. GREATNESS
  • ''Some achieve ..., and some have ... thrust upon 'em'' (Twelfth Night)
  • Eminence
  • Amplitude
  • Rare achievement
  • Lacking energy, once sat with Greene's novel The Power And The Glory

Down

2. NECTAR
  • Drink of the gods
  • Sweet drink
  • Bees' collection
  • Bees collect it
  • Delicious drink
3. BLEED
  • Run in the wash
  • Run
  • Run, as colors
  • Extort money from
  • Extort
4. TASTY
  • Scrumptious
  • Delicious
  • Yummy
  • "Yum!"
  • Lip-smacking
6. VISE
  • Workbench attachment
  • Tool with jaws
  • Workbench gripper
  • Workbench clamp
  • Workshop gripper

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