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Essential or compulsory (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

required

I believe this is a double definition.

'essential' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'compulsory' is the second definition.
(I know that compulsory can be written as required)

(Other definitions for required that I've seen before include "Needed" , "Not optional" , "Essential, compulsory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Simplex).
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