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Across
- 1: "Yes, I ___ do that" (affirmative) —
CAN - 4: One operating outside the rules —
ROGUE - 5: Material for piano keys, once —
IVORY - 6: Packed tightly together —
DENSE - 7: Whiskey grain, or bread variety —
RYE
Down
- 1: Free of, as in "get ___ of" —
RID - 2: What a magazine does, or a spy's disguise —
COVER - 3: Excruciating suffering, as in defeat —
AGONY - 4: Florence Nightingale's profession —
NURSE - 5: Organ of sight, or center of a hurricane —
EYE