Pivotal Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 26 Apr 2023

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KEY
3 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
C major or D minorCrossword Clue
EssentialCrossword Clue
Escape room itemCrossword Clue
Mission-criticalCrossword Clue
Map insetCrossword Clue
Paper with the answersCrossword Clue
___ lime pieCrossword Clue
Item accompanying a diary, perhapsCrossword Clue
Lock unlockerCrossword Clue

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CRUCIAL
7 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Absolutely necessaryCrossword Clue
KeyCrossword Clue
Company will sound decisiveCrossword Clue
Pivotal, criticalCrossword Clue
Absolutely essentialCrossword Clue
Vital for credit union agents to be onlineCrossword Clue
Important old Irish police independent in stateCrossword Clue
Very important circular shortly to be distributedCrossword Clue

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POLAR
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"The ___ Express"Crossword Clue
Like ice capsCrossword Clue
ArcticCrossword Clue
"The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic)Crossword Clue
From the ArcticCrossword Clue
Completely oppositeCrossword Clue
Extract money from tooth after Penny’s opposedCrossword Clue
Chris Van Allsburg's "The ___ Express"Crossword Clue
Like AntarcticaCrossword Clue
Big name in seltzerCrossword Clue

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AXIAL
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Like the Earth’s rotationCrossword Clue
Like some symmetryCrossword Clue
Kind of symmetry or rotationCrossword Clue
The first "A" in CAT scanCrossword Clue
___ skeletonCrossword Clue
One by one, receives two introductions to algebra, involving X/YCrossword Clue
Like a imaginary line about which a body rotatesCrossword Clue
Side motorists adopt left of imaginary lineCrossword Clue

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FOCAL
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
___ point (center of attention)Crossword Clue
___ pointCrossword Clue
___ point (where lines converge)Crossword Clue
CentralCrossword Clue
The "f" in f-stopCrossword Clue
___ point (center of activity)Crossword Clue
Kind of pointCrossword Clue
Relating to the centreCrossword Clue

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SEMINAL
7 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Original and influentialCrossword Clue
Cup tie, if lost, will be momentousCrossword Clue
FormativeCrossword Clue
Description of fluid in malesCrossword Clue
InfluentialCrossword Clue
Important guarantee saving timeCrossword Clue
Important lesson — change sidesCrossword Clue
Important lesson - change sidesCrossword Clue

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STRATEGIC
9 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
CalculatedCrossword Clue
Trained tiger cats, using a cunning planCrossword Clue
Like a calculated moveCrossword Clue
Calculated harm to banning e-cigarettesCrossword Clue
Sort of weapons I secure in wagons heading for the WestCrossword Clue
Critical for the Oriental to quit smoking cigarettesCrossword Clue
Resistance in Texas, say, by US soldier, cold and calculatedCrossword Clue
Resistance in territory by soldier, cold and calculatedCrossword Clue

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FULCRUM
7 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Turning pointCrossword Clue
Pivotal point thoroughly reduced? A little reducedCrossword Clue
Duck out of nasty cold drink - whats the point?Crossword Clue
Support point for leverCrossword Clue
Seesaw pivotCrossword Clue
Point of leverageCrossword Clue

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AXIS
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
X or Y, oftenCrossword Clue
x-, y- or z- lineCrossword Clue
Graph lineCrossword Clue
Revolution’s centerCrossword Clue
Line of symmetryCrossword Clue
Enemy alliance of W.W. IICrossword Clue
Center of a revolutionCrossword Clue
Line on a graphCrossword Clue
x or y, on a graphCrossword Clue
x, y or zCrossword Clue

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CENTEROFGRAVITY
15 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
In America, where an attractive force may be said to act for the capital of Virginia?Crossword Clue
Balancing pointCrossword Clue
Tightrope walker's concernCrossword Clue
Tightrope walker's concernCrossword Clue
Mass midpointCrossword Clue
Balance pointCrossword Clue

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CRISES
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Grieves about middle of Louisiana and perilous timesCrossword Clue
High-stress situationsCrossword Clue
Dire situations, and, if reparsed, a clue to making sense of six pairs of Across answersCrossword Clue
Leaders of countries resist insurgencies, sending extra soldiers for emergenciesCrossword Clue
Hollers about small emergenciesCrossword Clue
Desperate situations increase in Civil ServiceCrossword Clue
Emergencies arising from constant responses to provocationCrossword Clue
Dire situationsCrossword Clue
Disasters when cakes without filling rise internallyCrossword Clue
Disasters when cakes without filling rise internallyCrossword Clue

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CRUX
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
HeartCrossword Clue
EssenceCrossword Clue
Key pointCrossword Clue
HeartCrossword Clue
Pivotal pointCrossword Clue
Decisive pointCrossword Clue
HeartCrossword Clue
Essential partCrossword Clue
Main pointCrossword Clue
Wine before kiss, that’s the heart of itCrossword Clue

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CRUXES
6 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Endless dirt: it is recurrent, creating baffling problemsCrossword Clue
Endless dirt: it is recurrent, creating baffling problemsCrossword Clue

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DDAYS
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Do-or-die occasionsCrossword Clue
Critical timesCrossword Clue
Critical times, military-styleCrossword Clue
Launch timesCrossword Clue
Launch datesCrossword Clue
Launch datesCrossword Clue
Make-or-break datesCrossword Clue
Decisive timesCrossword Clue
Times for actionCrossword Clue

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ELEVEN
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Nearing noonCrossword Clue
Max volume on Spinal Tap's ampsCrossword Clue
Smallest three-syllable numberCrossword Clue
Millie Bobby Brown's "Stranger Things" roleCrossword Clue
First two-digit primeCrossword Clue
Number of Chinese zodiac signs that are real animalsCrossword Clue
Gridiron groupCrossword Clue
Number of sides for a hendecagonCrossword Clue
An hour before midnightCrossword Clue
Baker's dozen minus twoCrossword Clue

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FULCRA
6 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Skilful craftsman's hingesCrossword Clue
Pivots about which levers turnCrossword Clue
Purchasing points all but replete with stuff miles awayCrossword Clue
Pivoting pointsCrossword Clue
Pivot pointsCrossword Clue

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HEARTLANDS
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Earls hadnt abandoned central territoryCrossword Clue

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HINGE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Dating app with rosesCrossword Clue
Dating app "designed to be deleted"Crossword Clue
Cabinet jointCrossword Clue
Door openerCrossword Clue
Dating app that's "designed to be deleted"Crossword Clue
Door jointCrossword Clue
It’s used to hang a doorCrossword Clue
Cabinet member?Crossword Clue
Shutter hardwareCrossword Clue
Coffee Meets Bagel alternativeCrossword Clue

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MELTINGPOINT
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
State-changing temperatureCrossword Clue

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TOE
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Foot partCrossword Clue
Low digitCrossword Clue
___ beans (paw pads)Crossword Clue
"Big" digitCrossword Clue
"Little piggy"Crossword Clue
___ the lineCrossword Clue
Body part with a nailCrossword Clue
"Little piggy"Crossword Clue
Tip of a shoeCrossword Clue
Pedicured digitCrossword Clue

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CENTREOFGRAVITY
15 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Point at which weight is concentrated = vCrossword Clue
Ferret gone, virtually spiralling into hole where downward force actsCrossword Clue
Through which weight falls very little?Crossword Clue

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DDAY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Climax of operational planningCrossword Clue
Critical timeCrossword Clue
June 6 remembranceCrossword Clue
WWII turning pointCrossword Clue
June 6, 1944Crossword Clue
Time for actionCrossword Clue
Crucial timeCrossword Clue
6/6/1944, familiarlyCrossword Clue
Its 80-year anniversary was observed in June of 2024Crossword Clue
When party leader took eve off?Crossword Clue

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XAXES
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Basic plot lines?Crossword Clue
Horizontal graph linesCrossword Clue
Horizontal lines on graphsCrossword Clue
Bottom lines?Crossword Clue
Horizontal lines in graphingCrossword Clue
Horizontal graph linesCrossword Clue
Horizontal graph linesCrossword Clue
Base linesCrossword Clue
Graphs' horizontal reference linesCrossword Clue
Time lines, perhapsCrossword Clue

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GIMBAL
6 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Compass attachment in brig Im balancing?Crossword Clue
Stabilizing part of a ship's compassCrossword Clue
Device that keeps a ship's compass levelCrossword Clue
Criminal following American soldier and doctor with a stabilising applianceCrossword Clue
Stabilizer of a ship's compassCrossword Clue

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ROWLOCK
7 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
One holding a blade in fight with rugby playerCrossword Clue
One seen on boat in brawl at barCrossword Clue
Fitting that serves as fulcrum for an oarCrossword Clue
Wise one with hazard to shipping around gets support for boats propellerCrossword Clue

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MIDWAY
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Chicago alternative to O'HareCrossword Clue
Naval battle in deep water, primarily in spring?Crossword Clue
Centre route thats half the distanceCrossword Clue
PM admitted I had worries to start with”Crossword Clue
My identity was almost suppressed in the centreCrossword Clue
Central pointCrossword Clue
Carnival stripCrossword Clue
Unclear about directionCrossword Clue
Unclear about directionCrossword Clue

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ORAN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Port WSW of AlgiersCrossword Clue
North African seaportCrossword Clue
Port city in AlgeriaCrossword Clue
City across the Mediterranean from CartagenaCrossword Clue
Algerian coastal cityCrossword Clue
North African portCrossword Clue
Algerian seaportCrossword Clue
Setting of Camus' "The Plague"Crossword Clue
Algerian portCrossword Clue
Algerian portCrossword Clue

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WILSON
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Only U.S. president buried in Washington, D.CCrossword Clue
Prime Minister once in slow danceCrossword Clue
Land inspiring orchestra leader onceCrossword Clue
Rebel ___, Australian actorCrossword Clue
Heartless decrees by working president onceCrossword Clue
2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP A'jaCrossword Clue
One line redacted in documents, working for old PMCrossword Clue
WWI presidentCrossword Clue
See 15Crossword Clue
President of Princeton, then the U.SCrossword Clue

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HUB
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Airport with many layoversCrossword Clue
Main airport for an airlineCrossword Clue
Center of activityCrossword Clue
Major airport, e.gCrossword Clue
Busy airportCrossword Clue
Networking centerCrossword Clue
Dulles or O’Hare, e.gCrossword Clue
ATL or LAX, for DeltaCrossword Clue
Center of activityCrossword Clue
O’Hare or Dulles, e.gCrossword Clue

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ESSENTIALORGANS
15 Letters

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GOOSENECK
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
*Spout shape for some kettlesCrossword Clue

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BOLEYN
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Number two of six for Henry VIIICrossword Clue
Anne ___ (figure in Broadway's "Six")Crossword Clue
Second wife of Henry VIIICrossword Clue
Anne who was the mother of Elizabeth ICrossword Clue
The Other ___, historical novel by Philippa 3Crossword Clue
Anne played in film by Natalie Portman and Vanessa RedgraveCrossword Clue
Second of Henry VIII's sixCrossword Clue
Anne ___, mother of Elizabeth ICrossword Clue
See 26Crossword Clue
Last name of a 1533 brideCrossword Clue

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TITULAR
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
___ character (Dracula, e.g.)Crossword Clue
So-calledCrossword Clue
___ character (common protagonist)Crossword Clue
NominalCrossword Clue
NominalCrossword Clue
Awful unbridled brutality of a 26 for oneCrossword Clue
Tense during peculiar ritual in name onlyCrossword Clue
In name onlyCrossword Clue
Honorary Tory leader implicated in kinky ritualCrossword Clue
Honorary Tory leader implicated in kinky ritualCrossword Clue

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CENTERPIECE
11 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Arrangement on the tableCrossword Clue

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KEY

9 RELATED CLUES

CRUCIAL

8 RELATED CLUES

POLAR

10 RELATED CLUES

AXIAL

8 RELATED CLUES

FOCAL

8 RELATED CLUES

SEMINAL

8 RELATED CLUES

STRATEGIC

8 RELATED CLUES

FULCRUM

6 RELATED CLUES

AXIS

10 RELATED CLUES

CENTEROFGRAVITY

6 RELATED CLUES

CRISES

10 RELATED CLUES

CRUX

10 RELATED CLUES

CRUXES

2 RELATED CLUES

DDAYS

9 RELATED CLUES

ELEVEN

10 RELATED CLUES

FULCRA

5 RELATED CLUES

HEARTLANDS

1 RELATED CLUES

HINGE

10 RELATED CLUES

MELTINGPOINT

1 RELATED CLUES

TOE

10 RELATED CLUES

CENTREOFGRAVITY

3 RELATED CLUES

DDAY

10 RELATED CLUES

XAXES

10 RELATED CLUES

GIMBAL

5 RELATED CLUES

ROWLOCK

4 RELATED CLUES

MIDWAY

9 RELATED CLUES

ORAN

10 RELATED CLUES

WILSON

10 RELATED CLUES

HUB

10 RELATED CLUES

ESSENTIALORGANS

GOOSENECK

1 RELATED CLUES

BOLEYN

10 RELATED CLUES

TITULAR

10 RELATED CLUES

CENTERPIECE

1 RELATED CLUES

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