The clue "critical" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 26, 2023. The correct answer for this puzzle is "KEY", a 3-letter word.
Solution VITAL is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution VITAL is 5 letters long. We have 41 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 621 solutions. The longest is FRAUGHT WITH DANGER with 17 letters, and the shortest is BAD with 3 letters.
Correct, clue "CRITICAL" is currently one of the top traffic spikes (detected on 06 Dec 2025). Clearly, many find it tricky to solve!
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Solutions are between 3 and 17 letters long.
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| Absolutely necessary (8) | |
| Decisive; grave (8) | |