Shortage
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in The Guardian Speedy.
We deem Shortage to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 11 times in a variety of crossword publications.
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Publications
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 21 Nov 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 5 Oct 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 16 Aug 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 8 Jun 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 18 Mar 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 18 Jan 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 29 Sep 2020
- The Mirror Quick - Monday, 28 Sep 2020
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 2 Sep 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Saturday, 29 Feb 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - Wednesday, 4 Dec 2019
- The Daily Mail Quick - Thursday, 9 May 2019
Crossword Answers
4 letters
NEED
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
LACK
Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
WANT
Anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
6 letters
DEARTH
An insufficient quantity or number
FAMINE
A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
7 letters
PAUCITY
An insufficient quantity or number
DEFICIT
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
DROUGHT
A shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
8 letters
SCARCITY
A small and inadequate amount
9 letters
SHORTFALL
The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
10 letters
DEFICIENCY
The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"