General ideas
The crossword clue "General ideas" is answered by GISTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GISTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GISTS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CONCEPTS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for GISTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by GISTS, most used first.
- Main points - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Main ideas - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Essences - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Basic ideas - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Essential points - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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