Essential component of a hero? — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the June 6 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
BREAD
5 letters
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Where this clue appears
June 6 2025
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword June 6 2025
BREAD
Baked loaf slice which, when paired with 18a, forms the finishing layer of a delicious BLT sandwich
BREAD
5
"The Walking ___," swap "Dead" with a rhyming word to get an apocalyptic TV show where people flee from rising bakery loaves
BREAD
5
What one might slice and toast ... or 25a in slang
BREAD
5
Food that has a crust made through the Maillard reaction among others, for a common sandwich base
BREAD
5
Bakery loaf
BREAD
5
Naan, e.g.
BREAD
5
___ and butter (breakfast staple)
BREAD
5
Baked item that got a trendy "Cloud" version in 2021
BREAD
5
Extremely difficult or tricky
HARD
4
"Unbelievable!" in text speak: Abbr.
OMG
3
"Ready, ___, go!"
SET
3
"___ what you did there!": 2 wds.
ISEE
4
Word before "chocolate" or "matter"
DARK
4
On a ___ with (equal to)
PAR
3
Rotary component, in old phones
DIAL
4
Department head in college
DEAN
4
New York's Madison ___, for short
AVE
3
"That's a shame," old-style
ALAS
4
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