Simply must have Crossword Clue

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Simply must have Crossword Answer

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(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 Definitions

SIMPLY (adverb)
1. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
2. (used for emphasis) absolutely
MUST (noun)
1. the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
2. a necessary or essential thing
MUST (adjective)
1. highly recommended

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Daily Pop Crossword (8/22/2026) Answers

Across

1. Basketball legend Jerry whose silhouette is part of the NBA logo

5. "My Big ___ Greek Wedding"

8. Part of a tennis match

11. Friendly nation

12. Downed an energy bar, e.g.

13. Improve in a wine cellar, say

14. Unsavory fare

15. 'That's neither here ___ there'

16. Tennis great Laver who won 11 major championships in the 1960s

17. Tennis great who is the youngest player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship (2 wds.)

20. Punctuation in every email address

21. Baltimore's daily newspaper

22. The NHL's Flyers, on scoreboards

25. Minor peeve

27. Brainchild

30. Tennis great who is the only player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship on three different surfaces (2 wds.)

33. Captain Hook's colleague

34. "O say can you ___ ... "

35. Slangy denial

36. ___-American (designation for elite college athletes)

38. Golf ball or football supporter

40. Tennis great who is the last American player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship (2 wds.)

45. Museum collection

46. Purring pet

47. Scrapbooking adhesive

48. Flowery neckwear

49. Host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics

50. Dublin's land to the Irish

51. Rafter who won the US Open Men's Singles championship in 1997 and 1998

52. Microbrewer's output

53. Like one end of a swimming pool

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Down

1. Stinging insect

2. Supermodel Macpherson

3. Opening for a coin

4. Used a keyboard

5. Online retailer of licensed team sportswear and merchandise

6. Molecule component

7. University of Maryland athletes, informally

8. Actress Susan of "Bull Durham"

9. Barriers to collaboration, sometimes

10. Baseball Hall of Famer Williams with a .344 lifetime batting average

18. JumboTron maker

19. Spoil permanently

22. Sleepover duds, for short

23. Gender-specific pronoun

24. "That wasn't an idle threat!" (3 wds.)

26. How boxers sometimes stand (Hyph.)

28. The Open ___ (1968 to now, in professional tennis)

29. Louisville Slugger wood, once

31. Spock's Vulcan mind ___

37. Swimsuit fabric

39. Defeated, but just barely, with "out"

40. "Restricted ___" ("Do Not Enter")

41. Skate park track

42. 1970s tennis star Nastase

43. Medical research goal

44. Hang on to

45. Mountain that's part of the Tour de France route

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