The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ABUNDANT
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More clues leading to the result ABUNDANT
- Key worker’s supporting sailor’s international body is more than enough
- A bread roll and crackers with tea, say, in great supply
- Ample to make a small cake and possibly tea, say
- Ample supply coming from British sailor and German worker
- A friend accepting new worker of a bountiful nature
- profuse
- Notice six-footer eating cake that’s rich
- Notice worker eating cake that’s rich
- Sailor and German soldier could be all over the place
- A bit of food poet left unfinished — more than enough?
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The straight part
We know that "Luxuriant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case luxuriant = abundant.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABUNDANT mean?
ABUNDANT adjective- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
- Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.