Kind of mass Crossword Clue
8 letters · New York Times · Saturday, April 20, 1996 · 1-Across
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Saturday, April 20, 1996.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · April 20, 1996 · 1-Across · 8 letters
CRITICAL0 of 8 letters revealed
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at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"
adjective
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