Deficit
Crossword Clue & Answers

9 August 2021
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple
We found 6 answers for the crossword clue 'Deficit', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.
This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.
We have given Deficit a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.
As well as being a clue we've also seen Deficit as an answer itself some 46 times.
Deficit is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.
We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Thursday, 19 August 2021 with the answer being LOSS, but the most popular answer for this clue is SHORTFALL.
We've seen this clue in the following publications:
- Irish Independent - Simple - 19 Aug 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 9 Jun 2021
- The Daily Mail Quick - 10 Aug 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - 9 Mar 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - 30 Sep 2019
- The Guardian Speedy - 12 Nov 2017
Definitions and usage
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- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
- An excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
- 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"
Crossword Answers
3 Letters
GAP
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
4 Letters
LACK
Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
LOSS
The act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
6 Letters
REDINK
The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
8 Letters
SHORTAGE
An acute insufficiency
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"
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