Critical item Crossword Clue

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Critical item Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
(noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CRITICAL (adjective)
1. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
2. urgently needed; absolutely necessary
ITEM (noun)
1. an individual instance of a type of symbol
2. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (11/6/2025) Answers

Across

1. The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g.

6. Things often included with a free subscription

9. Brazen

14. Wake-up call?

15. Microscopic

16. Photo option

17. Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry

18. Super Bowl LVI winner

19. More likely to make the correct choice

20. Kind of butter in beauty products

21. Skeptical sort

24. SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame

26. Annual February/March event, with "the"

28. Pot papers

30. Daredevil's mantra, in brief

31. Dressing choice

32. Vegetables in Cajun cuisine

34. Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle

37. Nab

38. Nab

39. One in a gym set

41. Bungles

44. Hydrotherapy center

45. Finagled a discount, say

47. Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across

49. See 47-Across

51. Non-Rx

52. Big shot

53. Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across

57. See 53-Across

61. Designates, in a way

62. Resistance to change

63. Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift

64. One accepted into the family?

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Down

1. Like many mustaches in film

2. Greeting found scrambled in part of "mahalo," appropriately

3. Shows little sign of slowing down

4. Language in which "kabanica" is 10-Down

5. Museum's entrance and exit?

6. Bad way to go

7. College official

8. Trailer opening?

9. Maker of the i4 and i5

10. See 4 Down

11. Lost

12. Animal in many a roundup

13. Groups in roundups

21. Get together for a party

22. Smart ___

25. Yearn

27. Canon collection, in brief

29. "Jeez Louise!"

30. "Jeez Louise!"

31. "A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet"

33. Be in the military

34. Like some orders and tales

35. 20%, perhaps

36. Spin

37. Closest pal, in brief

40. Source of a printout, often

42. Many a cult classic

43. Protests that aren't going anywhere?

45. Beamed

46. Have high hopes

48. Skedaddles

50. Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column

53. John

54. Actress de Armas

55. Great deal

56. Cryptology grp.

57. Zip

58. Put a PIN in it!

59. Actress Long of "Love Jones"

60. Color on the beach

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