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Across
- 1: Salary, or what you do on payday —
PAY - 4: It's earned, not given —
MERIT - 6: Keen and enthusiastic —
EAGER - 7: Genuinely, sincerely —
TRULY - 8: Guided, as a team —
LED
Down
- 1: Oyster's prize —
PEARL - 2: Make a case for or against —
ARGUE - 3: Give way under pressure —
YIELD - 4: Encountered —
MET - 5: Attempt —
TRY