Irreducible
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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ANY
One or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

ONE
A single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered"

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SOLE
Lean flesh of any of several flatfish

PURE
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

MERE
Being nothing more than specified; "a mere child"

LONE
Characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk"

BARE
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

DEEP
Literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"

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SIMON
United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927)

WHOLE
To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

VITAL
Full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

STARK
Completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"

SPARE
A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

SOLID
Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"

PLAIN
Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

INNER
Located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

BASIC
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

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HOMELY
Plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare"

EITHER
After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"

CHASTE
Morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"

ATOMIC
Immeasurably small

ANYONE

INWARD
Relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"

NEEDED
Necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

PRIMAL
Serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

SECRET
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

SEATED
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"

WANTED
Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

UNIQUE
(followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality; "a species unique to Australia"

SINGLE
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

SIMPLE
A person lacking intelligence or common sense

SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

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NEEDFUL
Necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

UNITARY
Having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice"

UNIFORM
Clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification

PRIVATE
Not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"

PRIMARY
A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

MONADIC

INFIXED

CERTAIN
Certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"

AUSTERE
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"

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INTERNAL
Located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

MONISTIC
Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of monism; "the monistic school would regard national law and international law as an integrated whole"- J.S.Roucek

INTEGRAL
Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

OFAPIECE

SOLITARY
Lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"

SINGULAR
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton

RESIDENT
Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

REQUIRED
Required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"

INHERENT
In the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"

IMPLICIT
Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

IMMANENT
Of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"

HOMESPUN
Of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"

ESOTERIC
Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

ACERTAIN

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REQUISITE
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

NECESSARY
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

INWROUGHT
Having a decorative pattern worked or woven in; "an inwrought design"

INTRINSIC
Belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey

INGRAINED
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

INDICATED

IMPLANTED
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

EXCLUSIVE
A news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"

ESSENTIAL
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

CALLEDFOR

UNDIVIDED
Not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share"

UNADORNED
Not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

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ELEMENTARY
Easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

INDIVIDUAL
A human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

INDWELLING
Existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; "an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness"

MONOLITHIC
Characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity; "a monolithic society"; "a monolithic worldwide movement"

UNSOLVABLE
Not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones

SUBJECTIVE
Taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment"

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UNCLUTTERED
Having nothing extraneous; "an uncluttered room"; "the unlittered shoulders of the road"

UNFORGOABLE

UNALIENABLE
Incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"

IRREDUCIBLE
Incapable of being made smaller or simpler; "an irreducible minimum"; "an irreducible formula"; "an irreducible hernia"

INTRINSICAL
Belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey

INDIVISIBLE
Impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible"

INALIENABLE
Not subject to forfeiture; "an unforfeitable right"

HOMOGENEOUS
All of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit homogeneous group"

FUNDAMENTAL
The lowest tone of a harmonic series

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UNANALYZABLE
Representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts; "a feeling is a simple and undecomposable mental state"- G.S.Brett; "this weight of evidence is something mystical and unanalyzable"-M.R.Cohen

PREREQUISITE
Something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"

IRREDUCTIBLE

INEXTRICABLE
Not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied; "an inextricable knot"; "inextricable unity"

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UNDIFFERENCED

PUREANDSIMPLE

IRREPLACEABLE
Impossible to replace; "irreplaceable antiques"

INDISPENSABLE
Unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

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UNQUESTIONABLE
Not open to question; "an unquestionable (or unequivocal) loss of prestige"

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UNCHALLENGEABLE
Not open to challenge; "unchallengeable facts"; "a position of unchallengeable supremacy"

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UNDIFFERENTIATED
Not differentiated