Basic idea Crossword Clue

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Basic idea Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
2. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

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
IDEA (noun)
1. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
2. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

Hint 3: Anagram

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More USA Today Crossword (9/21/2025) Answers

Across

1. Parental pair celebrated twice in June, perhaps

5. Response to "Who's ready?"

8. The Fresh Prince of ___-Air

11. 'Guilty as charged!'

14. Qatari leader

16. Espresso-based drink with a small amount of milk

17. Justice Sotomayor

19. Donkey

20. Go bad

22. "And so on," letters

23. Projectile for Legolas

25. Scolding sound

26. "The taste of your lips is my ___ of luxury"

27. Scored perfectly on

28. "Did my guess even kinda come close?"

31. Sports ___

32. ___-pedi

33. Retired Monopoly token

34. Hidden doors behind some bookcases, e.g.

39. Ana Fabrega's "Los Espookys" role

41. Wrath

42. ___, USA (Disneyland castle photo spot)

45. Make an infinity scarf

46. Furry "Star Wars" creature

47. Apple platform

48. ___ Nation (Great Plains tribe)

50. Spray ___

51. Communication syst. in "CODA"

52. Not against

53. One of the noble gases

55. Novelty items in a room with beaded curtains, maybe

61. Soil

62. Footwear mentioned in "Party in the U.S.A."

63. Service charge

64. Opposite of "bien"

65. Neck and neck

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1. Poorly lit

2. Computer pioneer Lovelace

3. OB-GYN e.g.

4. Camera memory chip

5. Phrase akin to "C'est la vie"

6. "Oooh, I see now"

7. Pilates class need

8. The B in BFF

9. Likely genre for a song with a lengthy parenthetical in its title

10. Doing the "Hoedown Throwdown," e.g.

12. Too, too

13. Midsection

15. Religious ceremonies

18. Brazilian berry

21. "Let's get one thing straight . . ."

23. Land measure

24. Speechless Nathan Fillion, e,g,

25. Pangs

26. Victory cry

27. Crunch targets

29. "___ Art" (Elizabeth Bishop poem)

30. Greek life group, for short

32. New York baseball players

35. Hierarchy position

36. 0-0, say

37. The E of HOMES

38. Solidify

42. Like an essay about essays

43. Golden Globe or Tony

44. Takes a turn in Mountain Goats

45. Dojo sport

49. Lone

51. Pot starter

54. Unrefined resource

56. One may dispense 100s

57. By way of

58. "Jersey Shore" network

59. "The Tell-Tale Heart" author

60. W-2 ID

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