Essential Crossword Clue

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Essential Crossword Answer

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VITAL

(5 letters)

PRIME

(5 letters)

MUST

(4 letters)

CRITICAL

(8 letters)

CORE

(4 letters)

NEED

(4 letters)

BASIC

(5 letters)

NECESSARY

(9 letters)

INTRINSIC

(9 letters)

INTEGRAL

(8 letters)

INNER

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
(verb)
1. identify as in botany or biology, for example
2. harmonize with or adjust to
(adjective)
1. serving as an essential component

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

VITAL
(5 letters)
PRIME
(5 letters)
MUST
(4 letters)
CRITICAL
(8 letters)
CORE
(4 letters)
NEED
(4 letters)
BASIC
(5 letters)
NECESSARY
(9 letters)
INTRINSIC
(9 letters)
INTEGRAL
(8 letters)
INNER
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
KYE

More Universal Crossword (1/14/2025) Answers

Across

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4. They're guarded in soccer

9. Green precious stone

13. Drop down?

15. Wore

16. Follow, as rules

17. Collect call?

20. List of dishes

21. Certain sax

22. ___ the season

23. "Winning ___ everything"

26. Class that covers trade, briefly

28. Duck call

33. Yellowfin tuna

34. Second word in a fairy tale, usually

35. It has three feet

37. "___ Control" (Laura Branigan hit)

39. QB rushers

42. Gaming rookie, informally

44. Submissive

46. Apple's industry

48. Praiseful poem

49. Booty call?

53. Field

54. Pop

55. Hit the slopes

58. Perseverance's location

60. ___ and flows

63. Zoom call?

68. Taproom selections

69. Shy

70. Word that sounds like this group of letters: EEE

71. Gather as crops

72. Soothsayers

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Down

1. "SNL" alum Poehler

2. Weaver's device

3. Chimney duct

4. "Murder, ___ Wrote" (TV series)

5. Over-the-top actor

6. Notion

7. More honorable

8. Rat

9. Write quickly

10. Kind of

11. "The Substance" actress Moore

12. Albinism can make them appear red

14. Gin mixer

18. Chinese martial art also known as kung fu

19. Like melted cheese

24. Force in Manhattan, briefly

25. Hoe or rake, e.g.

27. Palindromic flatbread

28. Used to be

29. "Um, excuse me . . ."

30. Cleaning product brand

31. Syllabus divisions

32. Sag

36. "Ice Age" bird

38. Disaster relief org.

40. Keeps after taxes

41. Repeat

43. Channel co-founded by Sheila Johnson

45. Cosmic payback

47. "Napoleon Dynamite" actor Jon

50. Transforms chemically

51. Model Kloss

52. Weasellike animal

55. Symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

56. Green smoothie add-in

57. Store that sells products like STORKLINTA and KALLAX

59. Not all

61. Kayak e.g.

62. 'Meh'

64. Medium's "gift"

65. Mister

66. Newspaper VIPs

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