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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'.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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