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Second Anniversary by Starman

Second Anniversary grid

Eight thematic across answers have no definition. The squares with the little hearts give an extra message.

Across Down
  1. Badly posed (5)
  2. Grasp tiny branch (4)
  3. Rotary perhaps has young reporter taking left (4)
  4. One of the Clintons (7)
  5. Cross swords about artificial intelligence (7)
  6. Monocle I heard is by mirror (8)
  7. Pound verses (6)
  8. Hairdressers take nothing out of the bar (5)
  9. So yes, a tee being repositioned is highly visible (4,2,3)
  10. Children following team is a lesser consideration (4,5)
  11. Trainer at the back of the plane (5)
  12. Brand new and working (6)
  13. Capital source of ideas for part of meal (4,4)
  14. Reddens when drunk (7)
  15. Fibs about kitty (7)
  16. Two calls for a toy (2-2)
  17. English cove is an auctioneer (4)
  18. A race for three-year-olds (5)
  1. Sitting ducks are perhaps straw users (7)
  2. Doctor cloned eel like bacteria (3-6)
  3. One slip ruined a letter (7)
  4. Studies omitting one part of chapter make one cross (10)
  5. Low-down part for Colin Fox (4)
  6. Ship that might be found in a swimming pool (5)
  7. Yours truly is below B minus. Fancy that! (5,2)
  8. Absorb an abridgement (6)
  9. Remarkably bad pieces by associate (10)
  10. South Carolina person getting back at something ... a vulture? (9)
  11. Say dome must to be repaired sooner or later (7)
  12. Operatic heroine that is encapsulating “bartered” (6)
  13. Delighted with children packing (7)
  14. Being on the level, plant in the garden (7)
  15. Deny being confused about drug for poor (5)
  16. Turning up at the end? It’s an insult (4)

Crossword designed with Sympathy Crossword Construction
© J Ross Beresford, 2010