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Across
  1. 2. don't ask me why, but i could KILL for some of these rn lol (8)
  2. 7. e.g our unruly rascal, the first to finish his book (5,3)
  3. 10. I dial up and tell you: your gf reads the classics now
  4. 12. morally and intellectually, we are always operating on this tier (8)
  5. 13. the bard was here long before us (9,4,4)
  6. 14. mixing paint in a lower court, with your pigments I'll make a masterpiece
  7. 15. confused behind rug in a windy city (9)
Down
  1. 1. you heard me right, i yell for a sweet treat!!! (3,5)
  2. 2. my orchestra pit's unusually high, but I know we'll get there (12)
  3. 3. where to even begin? innovative solvers, usually (3)
  4. 4. well read in all your great analysis, and yet still somehow confused (6)
  5. 5. fragile sites need
  6. 6. much like my vetting, my feelings for you are well considered, and secure (9)
  7. 8. the only man I'd share a tent with, before you came along (3,7)
  8. 9. unlike our connection, it's known to fail on you (4)
  9. 11. almost stop ruler after game, i bet i could find his linkedin (8)