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Quintessential Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ICONIC which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ICONIC

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adjective

• relating to or having the characteristics of an icon

90%10 Personification or typification
noun

• a new personification of a familiar idea

• a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

• giving concrete form to an abstract concept

90%15 Figure of speech in which an abstract concept is given human characteristics
noun

• a person who represents an abstract quality

• representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

• the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

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New York Times21 Jan 2024 Down 12
New York Times30 May 2015 Across 18
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