"Shocking" swimmer Crossword Clue

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"Shocking" swimmer Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
2. voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHOCKING (adjective)
1. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
2. glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
SWIMMER (noun)
1. a person who travels through the water by swimming
2. a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets

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