The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NECESSARY
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More clues leading to the result NECESSARY
- Mean to collect tax once monthly — ultimately vital [9]
- Change of scenery, as needed
- Office stuff, unavoidable
- Essential scenes shot before virgin blows topj
- Make changes to scenery as required
- Unavoidable tax from the past collected in forthcoming year
- Sense a cry could be required
- Fantastic caress when beset by desire mounting? It’s essential
- Moving scenery as required
- That must be cash for the job?
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The straight part
We know that "required" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case required = necessary.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NECESSARY mean?
NECESSARY noun- (usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
- Unavoidable, inevitable.
- Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.