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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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