Ros

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Across
  1. 4. soft, gentle, craved, or a successful hit
  2. 6. a wiry, disruptive influence
  3. 9. gate
  4. 12. your son in another time
  5. 13. my first guess
  6. 17. I am here now, your dark horse
  7. 20. let's go here soon
  8. 21. ten year mission
  9. 23. superman but effeminate, perhaps wearing yellow and black
Down
  1. 1. a former enemy I respect
  2. 2. forgettable?
  3. 3. your audible agreement
  4. 5. 143 unbeaten
  5. 7. hero of mine, Rosalie
  6. 8. an ale you are owed
  7. 10. essential for growth, apparently
  8. 11. a constant jab at my culinary aptitude
  9. 14. works well with 8 across
  10. 15. an unwelcome drink
  11. 16. saddled, runner up prince
  12. 18. happy
  13. 19. one of two french maestros on this crossword
  14. 22. drive-thru