Exact
Crossword Clue & Answers

8 September 2021
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 32 answers for the crossword clue 'Exact', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Exact a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Exact as an answer itself some 278 times.

Exact is a single word clue made up of 5 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Tuesday, 07 September 2021 with the answer being PRECISE, we also found PRECISE to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 7 Sep 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 14 Jul 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 3 May 2021
• The New York Times Crossword - 8 Apr 2021
• The New York Times Crossword - 17 Mar 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 28 Dec 2020
• The New York Times Crossword - 20 Jul 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 30 Jun 2020
• The Guardian Quick - 21 Mar 2019

Definitions and usage

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• Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
• Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
• Claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
• (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

CUE
Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

4 Letters

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

TIME
The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

TRUE
Having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

VERY
Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"

5 Letters

CLAIM
Demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"

POINT
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

WREAK
Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

6 Letters

APSORA

DEADON

DEMAND
The act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

EXTORT
Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

IMPOSE
Impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

SPOTON

STRICT
Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

TARGET
Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

7 Letters

CAREFUL
Mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"

CORRECT
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

LITERAL
A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

PERFECT
Make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"

PRECISE
Sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

REQUIRE
Make someone do something

SQUEEZE
The act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"

THENOSE

8 Letters

ACCURATE
Conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

RIGOROUS
Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

SPECIFIC
A medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"

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10 Letters

METICULOUS
Marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

SCRUPULOUS
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

12 Letters

PHOTOGRAPHIC
Relating to photography or obtained by using photography; "photographic equipment"

15 Letters

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