The Clue
Central or pivotal (5 letter answer)
The Answer
POLAR
Tags
Notes
The answer POLAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
Related Clues
Antithetical
Arctic
___ bear
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Frigid
___ opposite
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Arctic or Antarctic
Bear lead-in
Central and guiding
Diametrically opposite
Kind of bear
Kind of extremes
Kind of opposite
Like a magnet
Kind of bear or cap
Kind of cap or front
Kind of circle or bear
Like the end of the world
Like Kringle's milieu
Like some bears
Like some caps
Like one of two extremes
Preceder of circle or front
Word with bear or region
Can you bear this?
___ vortex (winter weather phenomenon)
From the extreme north and south of the earth
Definition
POLAR as an adjective:
1. having a pair of equal and opposite charges
2. (diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar) = characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
3. located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
4. of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"
5. (arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar) = extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
6. (pivotal, polar) = being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"