Puzzle 59 - 9x9

This puzzle shape, a very simple one, seemed like it should have been easy to fill with no crosswordese. But I found it impossible to keep out all the words that appear disproportionately to their real-world usage - especially once I locked in the long answers that I liked.

I count maybe five 4-letter words in this grid that aren't tired. The nature of crosswords is to reuse and reuse and reuse. Alas.

But don't let this discussion sour the puzzle, thank you.

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