Most important Crossword Clue

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MAIN

(4 letters)

KEY

(3 letters)

PRIMAL

(6 letters)

PRIME

(5 letters)

CORE

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a person who is in charge
2. the head of a tribe or clan
(adjective)
1. most important element

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MOST (adverb)
1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
2. used to form the superlative
MOST (adjective)
1. (superlative of `many’ used with count nouns and often preceded by `the’) quantifier meaning the greatest in number
2. the superlative of `much’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the’; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree
IMPORTANT (adjective)
1. having authority or ascendancy or influence
2. of great significance or value

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MAIN
(4 letters)
KEY
(3 letters)
PRIMAL
(6 letters)
PRIME
(5 letters)
CORE
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (10/23/2026) Answers

Across

1. Have serious plans

9. One of the fam

14. Annual appraisal statement

15. Positioned to win

16. Track event won by the fastest four legs

17. Marvel Comics villain with an explosive superpower

18. American court org.

19. Ensemble piece

21. Some sous-chef scraps

23. Three-time Olympic figure skating champion

24. A.M. cupfuls

26. Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert?

28. "America's Largest Classroom"

29. Cinch

30. With whom one pools pounds for quarters

33. Copy

34. Count to 10, perhaps

35. Opposite of proud

37. Get past a paywall, say

38. Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage

40. Healing agent

41. Hardly worth mentioning

42. Counterpoint segue

43. One who's left at the polls, informally?

44. Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960)

46. Plague that precedes lice in Exodus

50. "Let go of unrealistic expectations," e.g.

53. Fabled example of poor competition strategy

54. Actress Amanda of "Easy A"

55. Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports lingo

57. Cartoonish bouncing sound

58. "Hang on a sec"

59. They can help one get a leg up, informally

60. What all the buzz is about?

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1. ___ days (times past)

2. Emma ___, protagonist of "A Woman of Substance"

3. "Don't believe one word of that!"

4. "I'm afraid not, laddie"

5. Actress Sedgwick

6. Word with comb or towel

7. "Your offer is too good to refuse"

8. Minestrone morsel

9. Dwelling for clergy

10. "The most beautiful river on earth," per Thomas Jefferson

11. One may sit near a bench marking time

12. Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them

13. Bother

14. Beat but good

20. Daughter of one's 9-Across

22. Firmly committed to

25. Beat a map app's arrival time estimate, say

27. Global fiscal policy org.

29. Poetic device with inexact sound-alikes

30. "Ha! Betcha didn't see that coming!"

31. Abnormal talkativeness

32. Lingering aura of success

34. "Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars": Marlowe

36. Said with a wink, say

39. Reddish fish sometimes served tartare

41. "Dang!"

44. Pieces in the game Othello

45. Scraps

47. Writer of the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

48. Funds for research

49. Cellphone hot line?

51. Care for

52. Remedy for deflation

54. Kind of joint associated with smoking, informally

56. Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow

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