Literary Commerce

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Here's my wash-up:

ACROSS. 1A. ||Edges of "geezer" = GR + tuber's = I'M.|| 4A. ||Roughly (approximately) = C + unpleasant = RUDE.|| 5A. ||Containment of ring = O in immediately = STAT.|| 6A. ||Homophone of "that gentleman's willing" = HE'LL.||

DOWN. 1D. ||Traitor = RAT in Georgia = GE (country code).|| 2D. ||Gore = AL, put after "Biden"'s core = IDE.|| 3D. || tuber = ME, put 'first' before Lieutenant = LT.|| 4D. ||First letters (up front) from "controversial actress" + hush = SH.||

Hi! Thanks for the puzzle. I really appreciate that you made the explanations available. It took me a while to figure out how "tuber" -> ME lol

The 'C' that is 'roughly' ... is that 'Circa'?

Yee, that's the intention.  "About" is quite frequently used to clue 'C' this way.

Cryptic 5x5 #17 by tuber

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