Word before "lion" or "cucumber" Crossword Clue

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Word before "lion" or "cucumber" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
2. a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CUCUMBER (noun)
1. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
2. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
WORD (noun)
1. the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
2. information about recent and important events
WORD (verb)
1. put into words or an expression

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18. Notion

19. "Love Actually" actor Thompson

20. Candy Crush Saga and Clash of Clans, e.g.

23. Chemist's workplace

24. Simplicity

25. Oversee

29. Phrase said when tapping a fork against a glass

31. Perch for a kitty

32. WWE wrestler Rollins

33. Dinner dish

35. Sick

36. 2007 film with the tagline "The last man on earth is not alone"

40. Greek letter before chi

43. Cursor mover

44. Gab

47. Removes from the "to-fix pile," say

49. Large concert venues

52. Garfield's color

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55. Arroz ___ cubana

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62. "___ la Vida" (Coldplay song)

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67. Go against

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69. Performed without making sounds

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3. Tiny machine

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7. Chocolate dessert

8. Bug on a pug

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10. "___ ring a bell, sorry"

11. Bill dispenser

12. Parent honored in May

21. Back muscle for short

22. Consumed

23. The "L" of UNLV

26. Phoenix's state, on scoreboards

27. Hair goo

28. Unadon fish

30. Poke bowl fish

31. Pet parakeet's digs

33. +

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40. In support of

41. That woman

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51. Gave attitude to

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54. 'It's the ___ I can do'

57. Donate

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59. Place for a nap

60. Woodcutter's tool

61. Moving image format

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