Across
ZONE
MERRIVALE
STARTS
GINSBERG
PIANINOS
UGLIS
A KICK IN THE TEETH
RASPS
OPPOSING
SPIFFING
REMITS
GOING GREY
NONG
Down
BOOTLICKER
GROG
GAMBOL
HERR
EIRENIC
MASON
IAN MUNE
SOTHO
SET IN STONE
INSWING
EASTMAN
SOFTIE
PERCY
PEGS
GORE

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Very unusual coincidence this week: the same word appears in both the Kropotkin puzzle and the Observer Everyman puzzle published directly below it.
What are the chances of that happening? Or is it a sign that the compilers are involved in a conspiracy?