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Across: 1. Bars 8. Pedestrian 9. Shirkers 10. Chip 12. Absorb 14. Papers 15. Stated 17. Astute 18. Echo 19. Metaphor 21. Out of sorts 22. Tilt

Down: 2. Alphabetic 3. Spur 4. Adverb 5. Uses up 6. Crackpot 7. Snap 11. Irrational 13. Orthodox 16. Demise 17. Attire 18. Eros 20. Pest