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Basic; lively (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vital

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">basic</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">lively</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for vital that I've seen before include "Essential; lively" , "Essential to life or critically important" , "Most important, like certain body organs" , "Are such statistics" , "Of the greatest importance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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