Shortage (4)
'shortage' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for deficit that I've seen before include "Want" , "Arrears" , "Excess of liabilities over assets" , "Shortage" , "Shortfall in revenue" .)
'shortage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
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(Other definitions for drought that I've seen before include "Period of low rainfall" , "Long water shortage" , "Hot drug (anag)" , "dry condition" , "Period with little rain" .)
'shortage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
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(Other definitions for paucity that I've seen before include "Poverty" , "Shortage" , "deficiency" , "Dearth, scarcity" , "Insufficiency, dearth" .)
'shortage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for need that I've seen before include "Require (as essential)" , "state of distress" , "What's lacking" , "Lack - demand" , "''A friend in .... is a friend indeed''" .)
'shortage' is the definition.
(a lack is a shortage of something)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for lack that I've seen before include "Be wanting or without" , "Deficiency (of something)" , "Shortage" , "Absence, deficiency" , "Dearth" .)
'shortage' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for famine that I've seen before include "Hunger" , "Widespread scarcity of food" , "Extreme scarcity of food" , "Extreme shortage of food" , "Severe food scarcity" .)
'shortage' is the definition.
(dearth can mean a shortage or lack)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dearth that I've seen before include "Scarcity - famine" , "Scarcity, paucity" , "Acute shortage" , "Scarceness or lack" , "Lack of resources" .)