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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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