Growing Pains

A puzzle for the ages, no growing pains required!
This crossword explores themes of maturation and the passage of time, featuring clever wordplay related to life stages and development.
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Across

  • 1A
    ___ of time, perpetually flowing
  • 5A
    Opposite of artificial
  • 7A
    To estimate or measure
  • 8A
    Semper Fi troops, familiarly
  • 10A
    Getting longer in the tooth, say
  • 11A
    Word that often precedes 'of age'
  • 12A
    Won narrowly, with 'out'

Down

  • 1D
    Belly, or to put up with
  • 2D
    Completely depleted of energy
  • 3D
    Common prefix in Korean names
  • 4D
    Put meat on the bones of (a plan)
  • 6D
    Come of ___ (reach maturity)
  • 7D
    Built-up dirt and filth
  • 9D
    Not now, but some time ___