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Most important Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Most important crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on April 9 2025 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Most important has a total of 3 letters.

Verified Answer
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Definition

• An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.
• An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.
• That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter.
• A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem.
• That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position.
• A piece of wood used as a wedge.
• The last board of a floor when laid down.
• A keystone.
• That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
• A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock.
• A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc.
• An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit.
• A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four," "flat seven," etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key.
• The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote.
• Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
• To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

Check the table below for more likely or similar clues and answers related to Most important crossword clue.

Rank Answer Clue Publisher
99% KEY Most important Newsday
20% GEHRY The most important architect of our age according to Vanity Fair New York Times
20% LOATH Most important thing New York Times
20% LSD Steve Jobs called it one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life New York Times
20% TOTHELETTER Most important remember that your primary responsibility is ___ Wall Street Journal


Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:

  • Newsday Crossword, April 9 2025
  • Newsday Crossword, November 5 2024

The answer we have in our database for "Most important" is: KEY

There are a total of 3 letters in KEY

The crossword clue "Most important" was last spotted on April 9 2025

"Most important" was last seen on Newsday Crossword