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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BASIS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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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

96%5Exact Match!
noun

• a support that steadies or strengthens something else

• two items of the same kind

• a set of two similar things considered as a unit

• either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

• a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

• elastic straps that hold trousers up

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

• a structural member used to stiffen a framework

verb

• prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• support by bracing

• cause to be alert and energetic

95%3Exact Match!
noun

• a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

• a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

• one of the supports for a piece of furniture

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• the limb of an animal used for food

• a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

• a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg

• (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

• a section or portion of a journey or course

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New York Times25 Sep 2016 Down 68
New York Times12 Sep 2003 Across 16
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