Scheme Reduced To Its Essential Elements Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 13, 2023

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	noun • something reduced to its minimal form • a scandal that is kept secret • the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal • the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
	29%	7		Cut, while retaining the essential elements
	verb • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements • lessen, diminish, or curtail
	29%	7		Game with two essential elements of tennis
	noun • a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post

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