Crucial (3-9)
'crucial' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
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(Other definitions for acute that I've seen before include "Keen; severe" , "Piercing" , "Critical, serious" , "Sharp - sort of French accent" , "Sharp; severe" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
(I know that crucial can be written as vital)
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(Other definitions for vital that I've seen before include "Imperative" , "Essential to life or critically important" , "Crucially important, essential" , "Desperately important" , "Essential, life-giving" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for critical that I've seen before include "All-important - disparaging" , "Disapproving; extremely ill" , "Looking for faults, like reviewer?" , "of such crucial importance" , "Book reviewer's comments may be" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for decisive that I've seen before include "Showing clear judgment and firmness" , "Settling something conclusively, as battle may be" , "Critical" , "Showing firmness, making mind up without dithering" , "Resolute" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
(I know that crucial can be written as all-important)
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(Another definition for all-important that I've seen is " Essential, crucial".)
'crucial' is the definition.
(I know that crucial can be written as essential)
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(Other definitions for essential that I've seen before include "something necessary" , "as oil might be" , "must-have item" , "Vital" , "Crucial" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
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(Other definitions for momentous that I've seen before include "of great significance" , "major" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
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(Other definitions for pivotal that I've seen before include "Key" , "Crucially important" , "Central - decisive" , "Of crucial importance" , "Of central importance" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
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(Other definitions for urgent that I've seen before include "Requiring speedy action" , "Pressing, immediate" , "Needing immediate attention, don't delay" , "Of immediate importance" , "To be done asap" .)
'crucial' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
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(Other definitions for key that I've seen before include "Essential; solution" , "Device for lock" , "Lock undoer" , "Lock opener; low island" , "Coral reef off southern coast of Florida" .)