Mixed Company

The trick is in the company they keep.
This puzzle features clever wordplay where some clues describe an anagram of the answer, while others hint at a word hidden inside the answer.
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Across

  • 1A
    Meower on the hearth
  • 5A
    Once upon a time...
  • 6A
    Put a kink in, like the edge of a wheel?
  • 8A
    Chef's skillet
  • 9A
    Sticky stuff from a pine tree

Down

  • 1D
    Formal neckwear for one resting on a small bed?
  • 2D
    A rainbow's shape
  • 3D
    Sibling pair with a victory?
  • 4D
    Musical Frank with a smartphone program?
  • 7D
    Rock concert gear, for short