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Cryptic Colours Crossword Puzzle

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Some cryptic and normal clues, mainly about colours and colourful gems. All clues written in Australian English.
Author: ozzz2002 - Diff: Harder

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      1. The colour of cowardice
      5. A ducky colour
      8. Half a green fruit is atomic number 3
      9. This Vietnamese city has a colour
      11. To make purple, what must you do with red and blue?
      12. Metal fever
      13. A white dressing for salads (short form)
      16. A male kettle
      17. Neckwear
      18. Rodents
      19. Grew inside a tube camera
      21. Crimson, cerise, rose, scarlet, etc
      22. Even lard can turn purple!
      23. A very rare moon
      25. A brownish-grey horse
      28. Garden greenery
      31. Crumpled pleats, lightly coloured
      33. A orange-brown colour
      36. Chalcedony gems, usually red or black
      38. A colour for little girls (2 words)
      39. Frost
      40. Third place
      43. Carved gem, or an Alfred Hitchcock movie part
      47. Hello!
      48. Two watery words make a coloured gemstone
      50. Traffic light colour
      51. Back of the neck

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      2. Ran away to get hitched
      3. I call a different, colourful way
      4. Is it a colour, or no colour at all?
      5. Attempt
      6. Morning (abbr.)
      7. Colourful visitors from Mars (3 words)
      10. Ireland is this colour
      14. Which baseball team plays in Oakland?
      15. Coloured fruit
      19. Hamlet's decision?
      20. A greyish pale purple
      21. A fishing requisite
      24. Long fish
      26. A direction
      27. Dark blue fleet of ships
      29. Ancient Iraqi city
      30. A gem of a colour
      32. Golf ball support
      34. A type of horse?
      35. Scottish colours
      37. Remove wool from a sheep
      38. British Airways, Bachelor of Arts, barium.. take your pick!
      41. A pharaoh may be holding an electrical unit
      42. Business end of a pen
      43. A soft hat, usually with a visor
      44. 100 square metres
      45. Initially, a medical term for a heart attack
      46. Olde English, initially
      49. A female kettle