Do some light surgery? Crossword Clue

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Do some light surgery? Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SURGERY (noun)
1. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
2. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
LIGHT (noun)
1. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
2. having abundant light or illumination
LIGHT (adjective)
1. weak and likely to lose consciousness
2. marked by temperance in indulgence
LIGHT (verb)
1. fall to somebody by assignment or lot
2. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
LIGHT (adverb)
1. with few burdens

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