Literary Mini #13

I thought this was a pangram at first! But still very nice! I especially loved 6A. It's a real masterpiece.

A 5x5 pangram would be no mean feat!  I had the idea for 1D (and wanted to do it while it was topical,) then the other letters just fell where they had to.

**Hello solvers,** and thanks for taking a punt at my cryptics.  If you completed it, or if you enjoyed what you solved, go give me a thumbs up 👍 above, and let me know how you fared in the comments.

ACROSS. 1A. ||Substitute I for A in "look out" = WATCH.|| 4A. ||Delete even letters in "heavy".|| 5A. ||"Unburdened" = RID after central letters of "faiLUres".|| 6A. ||"Tango" = T, "without" = WO.|| 7A. ||Half of "size" = ZE + "underwear" = BRA.||

DOWN. 1D.  ||Insertion of "president, ultimately" = T in "VP candidate" = WALZ.|| 2D. ||anag. BROTH.|| 3D. ||Hidden in "marsHYDRAinage".||

Very clever! Had to peek at a couple letters, but everything otherwise fell into place with some serious noodling... fun!

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