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| 4E | B | O | L | A |
| A | M | N | ||
| 5R | O | B | O | T |
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| 6O | 7P | T | S | |
| 8I | A | T | ||
| 9C | A | C | T | I |
| Y | K | C |
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)