Across
1
dB knob
4
*Carmen Maria Machado or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for example
7
*Best at an audition, say
8
*Word after hair or Harry
9
Miami sun?
Down
1
Chemical keeper
2
That single time
3
Back muscles, briefly
4
Defeat
5
Lincoln, e.g.
6
Texter's "au revoir"
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