Main point Crossword Clue

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Main point Crossword Answer

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GIST

(4 letters)

THESIS

(6 letters)

NUB

(3 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
2. the most important point

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MAIN (adjective)
1. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
2. most important element
MAIN (noun)
1. any very large body of (salt) water
2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
POINT (verb)
1. be oriented
2. sail close to the wind
POINT (noun)
1. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

GIST
(4 letters)
THESIS
(6 letters)
NUB
(3 letters)

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20. Load-bearing animal

21. Perform a civic duty

22. Crafty site

23. Hera's hubby

24. Impressionist Edgar

27. "Such is life"

30. *Continuous muffled noise

33. 2022 World Cup host city

34. Start of a counting rhyme

35. Many a charity, for short

36. *Status of one holding two passports

40. Superlative suffix

41. Sneeze sound

42. Healthy

43. *Statement at a card table

45. Artfully arranged by the chef

47. Sin's reciprocal, in trig

48. Reward for hiking to the top

51. If it ___ broke don't fix it

52. Bama's rival

55. Granola bit

56. Not messing around

60. Glide on snow

61. Wow

62. Beyonce's "If ___ a Boy"

63. Driver’s need

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65. See 64-Across

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Down

1. Spot for a catnap

2. Beethoven's Fifth, e.g.

3. Addresses on the net

4. Bud

5. Beach toy

6. Camp performances

7. Mean, median and ___

8. Is for more than one?

9. Mariner's domain

10. Owns

11. Item on a cowboy's head

12. Birds with asymmetrical ears

13. Overly curious

18. Like most baseballs caught by fans

22. AirPod's spot

23. Gusto

24. Finished, in slang

25. "Night" author Wiesel

26. Narrow valley

27. Like some sugars

28. Sorority's building

29. Coo over a newborn

30. NFL great Sanders nicknamed "Prime Time"

31. Spry

32. Cordoned (off)

34. Set of values

37. Vid takers

38. Drink similar to a Slurpee

39. Suffragette leader Anna Howard

44. Deli delicacy

45. Fragrant tree

46. Say without restraint

48. Woodworking grippers

49. Price

50. Fall landscaping tool

51. Woodworking shaper

52. Surname that sounds like high's opposite

53. Unhesitating

54. Anagram of 53-Down

56. ___ bhat (lentil-and-rice dish)

57. Genre for Dashboard Confessional

58. Common batteries

59. Battle of __ Jima

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