Our team selected these answers for “Key” because they’ve been used consistently to solve this type of clue in a range of previously completed crossword grids.
Answers:
- CENTRAL
- CRUCIAL
- FOCAL
- NOTE
- ISLET
- CORE
- ISLE
- OPENER
- VITAL
- CLEF
- SOLUTION
- SEMINAL
- ESSENTIAL
- MAIN
- IMPORTANT
- PIVOTAL
- CRITICAL
Synonyms and Definitions
CENTRAL
- Synonyms: cardinal, exchange, fundamental, primal, telephone exchange
CRUCIAL
- Synonyms: all important, all-important, essential, important, of the essence
NOTE
- Synonyms: annotation, bank bill, bank note, bankers bill, banknote, bill, billet, distinction, eminence, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, line, mark, mention, musical note, notation, note of hand, notice, observe, preeminence, promissory note, remark, short letter, take down, take note, tone
- Definition: a short written documentation
ISLET
- Synonyms: isle
CORE
- Synonyms: burden, center, centre, congress of racial equality, core group, effect, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, magnetic core, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, substance, sum
ISLE
- Synonyms: islet
OPENER
- Synonyms: undoer, unfastener, untier
VITAL
- Synonyms: critical, full of life, life-sustaining, lively
SOLUTION
- Synonyms: answer, resolution, result, root, solvent
SEMINAL
- Synonyms: germinal, originative
ESSENTIAL
- Synonyms: crucial, indispensable, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite, substantive
MAIN
- Synonyms: briny, chief, independent, master, primary, principal
IMPORTANT
- Synonyms: authoritative, of import, significant
PIVOTAL
- Synonyms: polar
CRITICAL
- Synonyms: decisive, vital