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Across
  1. 3. emerged as an issue
  2. 5. Flows out, as the tide
  3. 7. Blight on the landscape
  4. 12. Perennial embarrassments for teens
  5. 13. Letter before iota
  6. 15. Activity with a lotus position
  7. 16. Where to get one's Kix?
  8. 17. Word before Actor and Actress at the Oscars
Down
  1. 1. Minty drink at Churchill Downs
  2. 2. Some hotel and restaurant staffers
  3. 4. Common herb in pizza
  4. 6. Birds in a gaggle
  5. 8. Survey of election day voters
  6. 9. Sensations at amusement parks
  7. 10. Tie Score
  8. 11. To boot
  9. 14. Ruthless ruler