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Opening Remarks

Because every great answer needs a good intro.

A delightful puzzle centered on clever charades and punny wordplay. Answers are constructed by adding an 'opening remark' to another word or sound.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

2.Super, smashing, have a bite!
5.This spot, formerly 'before'?
6.Moral principle following a small spasm?
9.Hold a Hindu sage dear?
11.Inn that sounds like a cheerful instruction to speak
12.Hello, in Palau
13.Has a yen for some social insects?

Down

1.What option to choose for that scratch?
2.Say 'hello', for instance
3.Pull back from a delightful surprise?
4.Rental company with some force, to Cicero?
7.Sloping terrain containing many troubles
8.A seat that's one letter away from a bad hair day?
10.Hi, in Havana

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