Require Crossword Clue

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Require Crossword Answer

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MAKEMANDATORY

(13 letters)

ENTAIL

(6 letters)

DEMAND

(6 letters)

OBLIGE

(6 letters)

INSISTON

(8 letters)

CALLFOR

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
(noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

Hint 2: Clue Definition

REQUIRE (verb)
1. have need of
2. consider obligatory; request and expect

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MAKEMANDATORY
(13 letters)
ENTAIL
(6 letters)
DEMAND
(6 letters)
OBLIGE
(6 letters)
INSISTON
(8 letters)
CALLFOR
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

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32. Search

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36. Last bit

38. Sound of epiphany

41. Meditative martial art

44. Delivery person?

46. Accused, in cop-speak

48. Induction ceremony?

51. Voice role for Idina

55. Connect via Bluetooth

56. Metrical or imperial units

57. Labors

58. Appears

59. 2026 World Cup champions

61. Sunken, as eyes

63. Keeping busy

65. Prescription drug

67. Speaks up?

68. Defeat with ingenuity

69. With 71-Across, naked eye?

71. See 69-Across

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75. Grassy plain

77. Butterfly catcher

78. "Sk8r Boi" singer Avril

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85. Picture holder

86. Singer Lewis

88. Runs on TV

91. Croc bottom

92. Count Dracula?

94. Wind indicator

95. LGBTQ+ activist ___ P. Johnson

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100. Film

103. Surgeon informally

106. New Mexico art colony

108. Card game cry

109. Mel of baseball

111. City between Sacramento and Fresno

114. Racket

118. Missile test?

121. Erogenous zone?

123. "Soul Queen" __ Thomas

124. Sugarloaf city

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2. "Hazy" beers

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16. Constellation with a "belt"

17. Greeted with a hand?

20. A party to

24. Lured

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29. Sticky note

33. Unworldly sort

35. Cry loudly

37. Non-veteran?

38. Mobile programs

39. Pile

40. Soprano's solo

42. Unsettling

43. Straight

45. 1960s USSR space program

47. *Main event

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70. Cedes the floor

72. Short, as a play

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74. Poi base

76. Cordelia's father

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79. Cause damage

80. "Washington Crossing the Delaware" battle

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93. Abjurer of material comforts

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107. As of yet

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