Here is my very first cryptic ever, created in March 2005.


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1 Down  Cries and rents clothes (5)
2 Down It straightens hair to start cool, but finishes dumb (4)
3 Down Wonderful supporter sat backwards, starting to initiate cheers (9)
4 Across Virus discovered in jeb o'lane's home town (5)
5 Across Initially requested oranges, bananas, or tomatoes from mechanical man (5)
6 Across Chooses confused post (4)
7 Down Cards in Cigarette containers (4)
8 Down She heard I see a slippery slope (3)
9 Across Desert plants in panic, activating defenses (5)