frail, fract, frag = break; shatter

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Across
  1. 2. so delicate that it could easily break
  2. 3. the type of geometry that creates broken patterns out of a smaller version of a design
  3. 5. a broken rule; a violation
  4. 7. a break in a part of the body
  5. 8. describes something that is broken into pieces
Down
  1. 1. to bend light so that it looks like it is broken
  2. 2. being easily broken or destroyed
  3. 4. to break into an issue; to vote
  4. 6. an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence
  5. 7. a part of a whole