ALL IN A YEAR'S WORK
Credit: LA Times Crossword
January 16, 2013
Jean O'Conor

The answers to the clues below, in sequence, describe an essential cycle.

1. Deal with, as a stack of dull paperwork
2. Initial funding to get a new business going
3. Illegal tactic used by corrupt police to incriminate someone
4. How long you should shop
5. Autumn lunar phenomenon

Answers:

1. PLOW through
2. SEED money
3. PLANT evidence
4. TILL you drop
5. HARVEST moon