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Adamson rising before morning for Psycho? (6)

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maniac

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'for psycho?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for maniac that I've seen before include "Nutter" , "Insane person" , "Wild, perhaps violent, type" , "Obsessive enthusiast" , "Lunatic, madman" .)

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