She's At the Heart Of It

Equal time for the "fairer" sex. Find where "she" may be hiding in the middle of the answers to these clues.

-1. pale (5)
-2. an appliance or bit of hardware (6)
-3. farm machine that separates grain from the plant (8)
-4. daunt (10)
-5. you may have been punished with a switch here in days of yore (8)
-6. renew (7)
-7. ravenous (8)
-8. a shade of white or paint sheen (8)
-9. 64 pints (6)
-10. you may find a Britannica collection here (9)
-11. a real nut (6)
-12. a very attractive woman (9)
-13. a phrase of few words might be found in it? (8)
-14. an unfortunate result of war (9)
-15. legitimate (6)

6. freSHEn

15. koSHEr

Hi Cue.

4. diSHEarten

10. bookSHElf

Hey, Curly You're all on the money!

5. woodSHEd

3. threSHEr

1. aSHEn

Bernie

A nice triple!

9. bushel

7. FamiSHEd

You guys are on a roll!

14. bloodSHEd

8. eggSHEll
12. bombSHEll (my nickname in college , what would they
call me now more than 50 years later...banSHEe?

11. cashew

That's four more!

I never had any favorable nicknames.

2. waSHEr

13. nutshell

Very astute!