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Pass or cross through tip of Easter Island (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

excrete

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'pass' is the definition.
('excrete' can be a synonym of 'pass')

'easter island' is the wordplay.
'easter' becomes 'ex' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'island' becomes 'crete' (Crete is an example).
'ex'+'crete'='EXCRETE'

'or cross through tip of' is the link.
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(Other definitions for excrete that I've seen before include "Eliminate (from the body)" , "Defecate" , "Expel (waste) from the body" .)

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