Main ideas
The crossword clue "Main ideas" is answered by GISTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 9 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 17 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Essences - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- General ideas - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Basic ideas - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Essential points - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Main artery - AORTA, used 220 times
- Main impact - BRUNT, used 42 times
- Main line - AORTA, used 42 times
- Main blood vessel - AORTA, used 21 times
- Main idea - THEME, used 21 times
- Bounding main - OCEAN, used 20 times
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