MIRMIZZURP WEEKEND

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Across
  1. 2. first (and fourth)
  2. 3. a long, long time
  3. 5. a wide 2-across? or izzi and miriam's cats' names source
  4. 7. izzi and miriam, degs.
  5. 8. the act done in the answers to clues 15-across and 1-down
  6. 9. metropolises, and also the answers to clues 2-across, 6-down, and 13-down, together
  7. 10. wedding locale
  8. 11. greek excercises, once
  9. 15. method of answer to clue 8-across to miriam
  10. 16. wife making words
  11. 17. purpose of this puzzle?
Down
  1. 1. method of answer to clue 8-across to izzi
  2. 2. craft involving hooks
  3. 4. ___ Books
  4. 5. buzzy application
  5. 6. second
  6. 10. fermented tea, or miriam's homemade specialty
  7. 12. "Wanna have a ___ every night for the rest of our lives"?
  8. 13. third, colloquially
  9. 14. liquid secreted by the liver, or an athlete when made plural