Crossing Pairs #2

[Edit--Just inserting a note in case you came to this blog more recently and are interested in Crossing Pairs but feel like you should do them in order.  You don't have to!  These first two are among the first puzzles I posted and are REALLY ROUGH.  I'd recommend starting the series at 3 or 4 if you feel like going in order, but going backwards is just fine.  I kind of intend to reclue the first two (maybe 3?) someday to get the collection in better shape than it is.  But that day isn't today.  --6/1/23] 

This is the second in the Crossing Pairs series.  It's much better than the first. 

My favorite cryptics are variety cryptics, and I'm hoping this puzzle might be a nice way for people new to cryptics to see the beauty of the meta.  For this puzzle each clue has a 'hint' that identifies the 'definition' or 'straight clue' part of the clue, and also gives a parse of what the cryptic half is trying to instruct you to do.  On a phone, you can find the hint by tapping the light bulb menu icon at the top, and on a computer it can be found as an option in the "reveal" menu.

These hints are meant to help someone new to cryptics, but they probably aren't enough to explain the rules in the first place. A good resource for getting the basic idea is Elder's introductory guide.

A variety crossword usually has some instructions.  In this puzzle the instructions are shown at the start, but they use words (1-Across) that you won't know when you start the puzzle.  As you solve the instructions will hopefully start to make more sense.  To review the instructions while you're solving you can click 'info' on a computer, or on a phone you can tap the 'list' icon at the top an scroll to the top.

I hope you enjoy!

Thanks to oddthority, JMBrow29, MP, Liari, go-away-im-sleeping, Jack H. Keynes for test-solving.

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