Deficiency (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deficiency</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(shortage is a kind of deficiency)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for shortage that I've seen before include "Horse tag (anag.)" , "Scarcity" , "Need" , "may put price up" , "Lack, deficiency" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deficiency</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for lack that I've seen before include "Absence, deficiency" , "Dearth" , "Shortage" , "Be without or short of" , "Deficiency (of something)" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deficiency</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(paucity is a kind of deficiency)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for paucity that I've seen before include "deficiency" , "Shortage" , "Poverty" , "Dearth, scarcity" , "Insufficiency, dearth" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deficiency</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Another definition for inadequacy that I've seen is " Failing".)