I love long words, but even if every surface were perfect (there are some extraneous words like "for" [and possibly "as"] in 1A and "that" in 6A), the lack of crossing letters made this a very tough solve. From a surface sense, I did like 1D and 3D, and I liked the use of "You first." Keep playing with words!
Thank you! Those are some very good points, thanks for the feedback. I understand how this would be tough to solve without crossing letters, especially with some extraneous words.