Indispensable
The crossword clue "Indispensable" is answered by VITAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2012. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VITAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VITAL answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2012. It appears in 8 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.
- NECESSARY (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for VITAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by VITAL, most used first.
- Essential - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Crucial - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Critical - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- All-important - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Necessary - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Key - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Absolutely necessary - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Of utmost importance - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Like some organs - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Extremely important - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Imperative - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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