"__ a lift?" (4)

I believe the answer is:

need

(Other definitions for need that I've seen before include "Want - poverty" , "A condition" , "Cry out for - prerequisite" , "''A friend in .... is a friend indeed''" , "Distressful situation" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and the L.A. Times Daily.

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