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Crack habit fellow's lost (4)

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rock

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'crack' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for rock that I've seen before include "Lull (baby); 50s pop" , "Perhaps Hudson" , "Large stone - type of music" , "Be unstable; lull (baby)" , "Sway - very big stone" .)

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