Missed My Bus

**Hi, solvers,** and thanks for checking out my puzzle - I hope it didn't put you to sleep.  Drop me a comment and let me know how you got on.  I've been absent for a week or two, and tinkering on this on-and-off over that time - pleased to finally get it finished and out the door.  And as usual, the post-match wash-up (for the perennially perplexed) is below:

ACROSS. 1A. ||Anag. GETSARTY.|| 6A. ||Remove end from "bread" = LOAF.|| 7A. ||Double def.|| 8A. ||"Sailor" = TAR + "a saint" = PAUL + IN as given.|| 10A. ||Hidden in "touGHANAgram".||  12A. ||Reversal of "fall" = SAG.|| 13A. ||Anag. CAVESAND.||

DOWN. 1D. ||"A drink" = SHORT + "period" = AGE.|| 2D. ||Removal of "pill" = E from "joint" = REEFER.|| 3D. ||Double def.|| 4D. ||Cryptic def. (ref. underground railway announcement notice, "Mind the gap.")|| 5D. ||Anag. PHONY + "relative" = SIS.|| 9D. ||"Record" = LOG + alternate letters in "pitch" = IC.|| 11D. ||Remove last letter from "opera" = AIDA.||

Great as always, perennially wishing I could be one tiny bit as smart as you tinkerers and constructors

Great puzzle, I had to resort to an anagrammer to get one clue, and then the two words crossing it became evident. Loved the 8A and 4D clues!

Thank you for a great cryptic puzzle; excellent surface readings and totally fair clues. Absolutely loved 4D and 10A.

Cryptic 9x9 #6 by tuber

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