Wrapped in an Enigma

**Hi solvers!**  Thanks as always for checking my puzzle out, I hope you enjoyed it.  Do let me know how you got on!

The wash-up is as follows:

ACROSS. 1A. ||Four definitions: grab hold of / prize ('a real catch') / contract (illness, infection) / difficulty.|| 5A. ||Homophone of line = ROW.|| 6A. ||Containment of love = O in member = ARM, + A.|| 8A. ||Double def.|| 9A. ||Charged = SUED + electronic = E.||

DOWN. 1D. || Containment of "sign of aggression by Russia" = Z in "vehicles" = CARS.|| 2D. ||Odd letters of "AVIARY".|| 3D. ||Concealed in INTROVERT.|| 4D. ||Remove last letter of "bliss" = HEAVEN.||  7D. ||Containment of "universal" = U in "doctor" = MD.||

5a caught me up, i was thinking to cue is to egg someone on, but i shouldve known something up when verb tense didn't match

using Z as sign of aggression for russia? wowwowwow mindblowingly amazing

what an all around amazing puzzle

Agreed that three definition for Z is very fun and modern, and also the surface of 9A is both clean and distracting. Nice!

Cryptic 5x5 #16 by tuber

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