Essential upright character lacking, born then passed on Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Essential upright character lacking, born then passed on featured in Telegraph Toughie puzzle on March 20, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NEEDED.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NEEDED Essential upright character lacking, born then passed on (6) The Telegraph Toughie Mar 20, 2026
6% OMANI Honour an upright character, an Arab (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Mar 17, 2026
5% ETHICAL Morally upright (7) Thomas Joseph Mar 17, 2026
5% INEFFECT Essentially (8) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 13, 2026
5% ERECT Upright (5) The Telegraph Quick Mar 12, 2026
5% CALLISTO Upright character enthralled by visits to nymph (8) The Times Cryptic Mar 10, 2026
5% NEED Essential (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 25, 2026
5% KEY Essential (3) Wall Street Journal Feb 21, 2026
5% PERSE Essentially (5) The Telegraph Plusword Feb 4, 2026
5% STANCHION Upright frame (9) Puzzler Backwords Jan 29, 2026

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