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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

CAY
A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

FOB
An adornment that hangs from a watch chain

4 letters

CLUE
A slight indication

NAME
By the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"

MAIN
A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

ISLE
A small island

CLEF
A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it

5 letters

VITAL
Full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

BASIC
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

ISLET
A small island

MAJOR
A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"

PAINT
A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

CHIEF
A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

6 letters

ANSWER
A nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"

ENTOUS

WINDER
Mechanical device around which something can be wound

SAMARA
A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

KEYOUT
Identify as in botany or biology, for example

PRIMAL
Serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

OPENER
A hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)

7 letters

CENTRAL
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

PIVOTAL
Being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

CRUCIAL
Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

8 letters

CRITICAL
Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim"

INTEGRAL
Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

KEYSTONE
The central building block at the top of an arch or vault

TONALITY
Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

CARDINAL
Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

KEYFRUIT
A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

IDENTIFY
Consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

DESCRIBE
To give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

DISCOVER
Identify as in botany or biology, for example

9 letters

HEADSTONE
A stone that is used to mark a grave

OPERATIVE
Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

IMPORTANT
Having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"

ESSENTIAL
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

10 letters

FLORIDAKEY
A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

11 letters

DISTINGUISH
Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

FUNDAMENTAL
The lowest tone of a harmonic series

SIGNIFICANT
Too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"

13 letters

INDISPENSABLE
Unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

FLORIDAISLAND

PADLOCKOPENER

14 letters

ANTHEMLYRICIST

MAPEXPLANATION

15 letters

FRANCISSCOTTKEY
United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)