Essential Crossword Clue

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Essential Crossword Answer

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KEY

(3 letters)

INTRINSIC

(9 letters)

INTEGRAL

(8 letters)

INNER

(5 letters)

NEED

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. urgently needed; absolutely necessary
2. performing an essential function in the living body

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ESSENTIAL (noun)
1. anything indispensable
ESSENTIAL (adjective)
1. of the greatest importance
2. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

KEY
(3 letters)
INTRINSIC
(9 letters)
INTEGRAL
(8 letters)
INNER
(5 letters)
NEED
(4 letters)

More USA Today Crossword (4/24/2025) Answers

Across

1. Absolutely must

6. "Shucks!"

10. Gloomy ___ (pessimist)

13. "It's my first day of work here!"

14. Reaction to poison oak

15. Mail-delivering org.

17. Buoyant, pasta-shaped toy

19. "No need to describe the picture to me"

20. Like 24k gold

21. Half of dos

22. Got by

24. 21-Across, in English

25. ___ pad (notebook)

27. Kidney-related

28. Solids' counterparts, in billiards

30. __ and haw

32. Pirate's "yes"

33. Dating app founded by Robyn Exton

34. Word after "hearing" or "financial"

35. "Dynamite" band

36. Duo such as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

39. Talk and talk and talk

40. Batteries in some remotes

41. Spy org. in "Jason Bourne"

42. Just ___ the heck of it

43. Attempt

44. Group of Swifties, for example

48. Plant used to make tequila

50. Catches a glimpse of

52. Went jogging

53. Place to play Omaha Hold 'em

55. Spanish for gold

56. Hold up

57. Give off

58. Place to play Omaha Hold 'em

61. "Toodle-oo!"

62. Female sheep

63. More slippery, like an Arctic road

64. __ Aviv

65. Home made of twigs and leaves, maybe

66. Tons and tons

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Down

1. Semiaquatic African mammals

2. ___ to something (be successful)

3. Loud sleeper

4. Prefix for "vision" or "port"

5. A League of Their __

6. Quadcopters, e.g.

7. Rn, on the periodic table

8. Language in the film "Hear and Now"

9. That person

10. Tour leader

11. D.C.'s upper chamber

12. "Me time" outings

16. Extremely jacked

18. Where the tympanic membrane is located

23. Limb for a bangle

25. Gush

26. Midwestern state associated with Gen Alpha

29. Denny's rival

31. Teacher

34. Cooling appliances: Abbr.

35. Let the cat out of the bag

36. 2019 Bong Joon-ho film set in South Korea

37. Sunbeams

38. Wrestlers' goals

39. Boat pose surface

42. Side of a cut diamond

43. Messi's jersey number

44. Black ___ cake

45. Saudi ___

46. Traveled by boat

47. Crosses the threshold

51. Jabs

54. Ready for customers

56. Texas city home to the Dr Pepper Museum

59. Be behind on bills

60. "Was just taught . . ." acronym

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