Dearth
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 3 Sep 2021
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Sunday, 25 Jul 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Saturday, 19 Jun 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Friday, 21 May 2021
  • The Mirror Quick - Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 1 Feb 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Thursday, 7 Jan 2021
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Sunday, 29 Nov 2020
  • The Sun Cryptic - Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Sunday, 17 Mar 2019
  • The New York Times Mini - Saturday, 13 Jan 2018

Crossword Answers

4 letters

LACK
Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

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"

WANT
Anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

6 letters

FAMINE
A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

HATRED
The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

THREAD
The raised helical rib going around a screw

AMOUNT
How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

7 letters

ABSENCE
Failure to be present

PAUCITY
An insufficient quantity or number

8 letters

SCARSITY Surinder Sobti

SCARCITY
A small and inadequate amount

SHORTAGE
An acute insufficiency

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