It'll grow on you HAIR
They help get the lead out ERASERS [okay, so it's graphite]
Big picture EPIC
Hide, dog style BURY [I've had dogs all my life and none of them has ever buried anything, except maybe flowers underfoot.]
Hoods with safe jobs? YEGGS [Who uses this word? I've never seen it anywhere but in Xwords.]
Pen name BIC
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