___ needs (air, water, food, shelter, and clothing) Crossword Clue

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___ needs (air, water, food, shelter, and clothing) Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
2. serving as a base or starting point
(noun)
1. (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
2. a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CLOTHING (noun)
1. a covering designed to be worn on a person’s body
NEEDS (adverb)
1. in such a manner as could not be otherwise

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26. Young boy from Scotland

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32. Elementary particle inside a molecule

34. Street that may remind you of Freddy Krueger

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Down

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