Necessity Crossword Clue

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Necessity Crossword Answer

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NEED

(4 letters)

MUST

(4 letters)

MUSTHAVE

(8 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

NECESSITY (noun)
1. anything indispensable
2. the condition of being essential or indispensable

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

NEED
(4 letters)
MUST
(4 letters)
MUSTHAVE
(8 letters)

More Universal Crossword (3/10/2026) Answers

Across

1. Success

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8. High rubber boot

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14. Word after sand or speed

15. Bigwig on Madison Ave.

17. Blue-and-red-faced monkey

20. Term for "online commerce" that irritates me

21. Sources for manufacturers

23. See 13 Across

24. Is borrowing, as a library book

25. Decay

26. Small couch

28. Texting letters

29. "Life ___ cabaret"

30. Big name in publishing

33. Bucks' mates

34. Norwegian town that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics

37. Aphrodite's son

39. Conviction

40. Fresh

41. Score 100% on

43. Brusque

47. Nile reptile

48. "... if you can imagine it!"

51. Give a darn

52. Tribe native to the southeastern United States

54. References

55. Amounts (to)

56. Messages that appear on mouseover ... or what 17-, 21-, 34- and 52-Across end with

58. Word before "Service" or "Santa"

59. "Enchanted" heroine of a 2004 film

60. Nail polish brand

61. Injections

62. Require

63. Isr. neighbor

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Down

1. Four-baggers in baseball

2. How a soccer game may end

3. Apartment occupant

4. __-Alt-Del

5. "Either he goes __ go!"

6. Model plane wood

7. Pretty good grade

8. Shell beads made by some Native tribes

9. Grown-ups

10. South Asian

11. House's outside

12. Romantic flower

16. Sportscaster Bob

18. Check it out!

22. The "P" of USPS

24. Get well

27. That's a moray (perhaps!)

31. Good guys in "Star Wars"

32. Ship's pronoun

33. Shortage

34. Thrown ball that might elicit a cry of "Ball!"

35. Failure

36. Dudes

37. Makes into law

38. Tends to again, as a horse's hoof

41. Ornament that's over a foot

42. Cruises, or sights on cruises

44. Places for outdoor furniture

45. Dressed like an Eton student, maybe

46. Respectful assent

49. Consumed

50. Super muscular

53. Italian term of endearment that's an anagram of "orca"

54. Dressed

57. Spanish cheer

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