Heads and Tails

Just a little off the top... And bottom.
A clever wordplay puzzle focused on prefixes and suffixes. Theme answers reveal hidden words when you trim their 'heads' and 'tails'.
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Across

  • 2A
    Frequented by phantoms... or what they do, without looking back?
  • 6A
    'Happily ___ after'
  • 7A
    Gears up... revealing a library activity if its conclusion is dropped
  • 9A
    ___ Us (hit social deduction game)
  • 10A
    Humanitarian assistance
  • 13A
    Word before eagle or pad
  • 15A
    Murky... but perfectly understandable without the negative introduction?
  • 16A
    Cereal that Mikey famously likes
  • 17A
    Most straightforward... or just simple, without being the absolute best?

Down

  • 1D
    Apprehend a second time... or just get hold of, minus the repetition?
  • 2D
    Sub that's super?
  • 3D
    Venue for gladiators or rock stars
  • 4D
    Not that, but...
  • 5D
    Broke up, like a partnership... or just figured out, without the disagreement?
  • 8D
    Quick and nimble, like a ninja
  • 11D
    Distributes the cards
  • 12D
    Dramatic divisions
  • 14D
    True ___ (John Wayne classic)