Brother

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Across
  1. 2. tall and skinny breakfast
  2. 4. surplus appendage
  3. 6. equipment the gears on loan
  4. 8. an omen of bad things to come
Down
  1. 1. auditory enlightenment
  2. 3. popular long-winded contraction
  3. 5. what matters more than anything in the world
  4. 7. an indicator of good things to come