A Hard Start

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This one begins with a few difficult concepts.

A clever wordplay puzzle where one key word provides the 'hard start' for six common phrases. Keywords: themed crossword, wordplay, puns.

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Across

1A
Like a job quite unlike physical toil
6A
Delegating, which can require some persuasion
7A
The usual grind
10A
Chamomile or peppermint, e.g.
11A
Put on an act

Down

1D
Its opera is a daytime drama
2D
Formal debate that might be transcribed
3D
An ordeal on Elm Street?
4D
Left out, emotionally
5D
Stretching discipline
8D
Place to go on a spree
9D
Difficult... and what can precede the concepts clued by the six longest entries

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