Basic compound Crossword Clue

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Basic compound Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
2. a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COMPOUND (verb)
1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
2. put or add together
COMPOUND (noun)
1. (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
2. an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
COMPOUND (adjective)
1. composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
2. composed of more than one part
BASIC (adjective)
1. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
2. serving as a base or starting point
BASIC (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

More LA Times Crossword (2/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Noise that repeats nine minutes after snoozing

6. Home of the NWSL's Royals

10. La __: Italian opera venue

15. Good spot to check for loose change

19. Red ___ (playground game)

20. Bond villain with an underwater lair

21. Islamic dietary standard

22. Video-game franchise set on ring-shaped worlds

23. Jaunty coast-to-coast race?

26. Shiraz's land

27. Attached with thread

28. Cassowary relative

29. Tried something new

31. Tic-___-toe

32. Scrapping

34. Legitimate

35. Relax completely

39. Arizona running back's evasive maneuver?

44. Good to go

45. American short story writer Bret

47. Padre's hermana

48. Shot administrator

49. Hosted, for short

51. Skewed view

53. "Licorice Pizza" setting

57. "Close this program" key

58. Incomprehensible peace treaty?

62. ___ it up

63. Beijing money

64. “Oh boy!”

65. Midflight info

66. "What difference __ it make?"

67. Tidy up

69. Turned (off)

72. Gets even?

74. __ she blows!

75. Arriving soon

77. Vegan milk choice

78. Years, in Italian

79. Bowl edge

80. "Sesame Street: Sing the Alphabet," perhaps?

87. "Midsommar" director Aster

88. Photoshop tool

89. Absence

90. Time long past

91. Latest fad

93. Year divs.

95. Maldon and Himalayan pink

98. In the past

99. Painters who specialize in portraits of imps?

104. Beef stroganoff, e.g.

106. Romantasy novelist __ J. Maas

107. "__ been warned"

109. Co. founder's second title, often

110. Literary 1-Down

114. Cocktail shaker noisemaker

115. Tubes

119. Actor Liu

120. "Better not throw a changeup"?

123. Blueprint detail

124. Rock opera by The Who

125. Chemist's building block

126. __ de tigre: ceviche marinade

127. Totally flop

128. Got going

129. Looks at

130. Shared values

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Down

1. Characters' journeys

2. Ancient tales

3. Swear

4. Unplugs and plugs back in, say

5. Low-sodium seasoning brand

6. Japanese noodle

7. "Ur correct"

8. Additional wing

9. Source of some political gaffes

10. A little short

11. Till filler

13. Stored up

14. Fleecy camelid

15. Acupressure massage

16. Couple of rowers

17. London apartment

18. Primo

24. Brown shade

25. Cost

30. Up to the moment

32. Story accessed by ladder, maybe

33. Sorrow

35. Iron Bowl team, familiarly

36. Highlands water

37. Malm bed seller

38. __ Outfitters

40. "Pantheon" voice actor Paul

41. Target, as for a con

42. Magazine productions

43. Bottle parts

46. Words on a Wonderland cake

50. Wash day appliance

52. Superfan

54. Covered (in)

55. Sick

56. Paying careful attention to

59. With 111-Down, "Illusion" singer

60. Insincerely aim to please

61. Using pointe shoes

66. Fancy mat

67. French president before Sarkozy

68. Thin coating

69. Preps, as a Slip 'N Slide

70. Marble, for one

71. Mercator projection book

73. Vaccine molecule

74. Amusement park rides

76. Winners of the first FIFA Women's World Cup

78. Maxi skirt terminus

80. "Little help here"

81. "Not entirely"

82. Like tedious text

83. Start of a classic boast

84. Craft sometimes shaped like a swan

85. Strong impulse

86. Mouser's call

92. "Little help here"

94. Showing no feelings

96. "Don't play," in music

97. Church topper

100. Record label launched by Clive Davis

101. Deep hatred

102. Dynamics prefix

103. "An example being ...?"

105. Part of USSR

108. Chevy sports car, for short

110. "Hey, can you keep a secret?"

111. See 59-Down

112. Sign from above

113. ___ club

115. Scots' bonnets

116. Make a nameplate, perhaps

117. Sound in an empty room

118. Patrick Swayze's "__ Like the Wind"

121. Sheridan of "Mud"

122. Garden tool

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