Key ingredient? Crossword Clue

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Key ingredient? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of various related trees bearing limes
2. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
(verb)
1. spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
2. cover with lime so as to induce growth

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INGREDIENT (noun)
1. food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
2. an abstract part of something
KEY (noun)
1. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
KEY (verb)
1. identify as in botany or biology, for example
2. harmonize with or adjust to
KEY (adjective)
1. serving as an essential component

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More Apple+ Crossword (8/6/2025) Answers

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15. Border on

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20. 8,760-hour periods (Abbr.)

21. Tries out

22. Blinking household device

23. Opposing force

24. 'Move over!'

26. What a crab might raise in defense

28. Blown away

30. Split (apart)

33. Shovel-storage space

34. How someone might eat a hot dog (in two senses)

37. Theme park with international pavilions

38. Column with arguments

39. Yoga-pants brand

40. Term of endearment

41. Comes up

43. Path to victory in a trading-card game

47. They keep walls upright

48. Beijing opera instrument

49. "Everything makes sense now!"

52. Have in stock

53. Murmur from a mourning dove

54. Labor group

56. ___ and Cues (colorful board game)

57. Unit of energy equivalent to one joule

59. Drink with a domed lid

60. Up through the present moment

61. Spiky succulent

62. Loch ___ monster

63. All set

64. Shows on TV

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Down

1. Like skin after applying a hydrating serum

2. Prefix akin to "super-"

3. Cover for some forest floors

4. Vessel for making soto

5. Uphill assist at a snowy resort

6. Young blokes

7. Bio of the dearly departed

8. Bernie Mac remake of a Sidney Poitier movie

9. Tiebreaking periods, for short

10. Sound that may be triggered by cat hair

11. Journeys with packed trunks

12. Friend in London

13. Academic acronym

18. Word before a birth name

22. Word after "beast" or "stealth"

23. Disappear gradually

25. 'Sure'

26. Sriracha or sambal

27. Parts of citrus groves

28. Completely spent

29. Like meds that don't require a prescription (Abbr.)

31. Understood

32. Degrees involving defenses

33. Cabbage-based side dish

34. Transitions off breast milk

35. Butcher's choice cut

40. ___ of work

42. Go ___ (disobey orders)

44. Puts a hex on

45. "Lemme take care of that"

46. Made a horn sound

49. Garlicky drizzle on crab cakes

50. Pay tribute to

51. Longest continental mountain range on Earth

52. Goatee's place

53. Clarinet container

55. Final Four organization

57. Luck-based card game

58. Enclosure on a pig farm

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