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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ATLEAST which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%7Exact Match!
adverb

• if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)

• not less than

37%6Rationalization
noun

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

verb

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

29%5A justification or rationalization for something
noun

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

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New York Times25 Oct 2015 Down 97
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