Eric's Tea Time Teaser

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Across
  1. 4. sure fire winner (3)
  2. 6. hitch ride on semi-aquatic rodent (4,3,6)
  3. 7. 12 inch defect (9)
  4. 8. stand in line for the flowers (3)
  5. 10. fresh gonads on court (3,5,6)
  6. 12. fancy a game? (6,3,6)
  7. 16. female version of you (5)
  8. 17. reverse metacarpus (8)
Down
  1. 1. Regal college (5,7)
  2. 2. can tell a lot about a woman eating this (9,4)
  3. 3. have a break (3,3)
  4. 5. build my own philosophy (8,9,6)
  5. 9. royal bird on water (7)
  6. 11. puzzling over Japanese numbers (6)
  7. 12. upper hand (9)
  8. 13. not in (3)
  9. 14. what happens next (12)
  10. 15. tinkle the ivories on this (5)