The Clue
Early political race (7 letter answer)
The Answer
PRIMARY
Tags
Notes
The answer PRIMARY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
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Definition
PRIMARY as a noun:
1. (primary, primary election) = a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
2. (primary, primary feather, primary quill) = one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
3. (primary coil, primary winding, primary) = coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"
PRIMARY as an adjective:
1. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
2. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
3. (chief, main, primary, principal) = most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"
4. (elementary, elemental, primary) = of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"
5. (basal, primary) = of primary importance