Spot for a bad apple? Crossword Clue

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Spot for a bad apple? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
2. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPOT (noun)
1. a job in an organization
2. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
SPOT (verb)
1. detect with the senses
2. make a spot or mark onto
APPLE (noun)
1. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
2. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

Hint 3: Anagram

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43. Stunned reaction letters

44. Cribbage jack

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56. Not learned

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Down

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6. Social media approvals

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