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1 down. "return to former state, leaving behind king (7) r-----s
2 down. "for IT workers, awfully nasty mess lasts over year
(7,8) s-----s --------
16 down. "Somehow miss gripping poster for marquis' preference
(6) no letters yet

2. systems analyst, if it's (7,8)
16. sadism.

2 Systems Analysts (looks like an anagram, I haven't checked.)

1 Regress, return to former state. R = Rex/king+egress/leaving.

Thanks trevor and malone