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Requiring Intellect Crossword Clue

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adjective

• involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

• of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

22%5Intellect
noun

• that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

• mental ability

• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• the brain of certain animals used as meat

verb

• hit on the head

• kill by smashing someone's skull

22%6 Word originally meaning “divinity, guardian spirit” or “talent, wit”, later a person of consummate intellect or of exceptional creative power
noun

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• unusual mental ability

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• exceptional creative ability

• a natural talent

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