Rating | Solver | Clue |
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OPERATIVE | Essential (point) | |
NECESSITY | Essential (point) | |
PRINCIPAL | A principal or essential point or rule; a principle. | |
MOMENT | An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance. | |
POINT | Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. |