Deficiency, shortage Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Deficiency, shortage featured in Times Concise puzzle on December 17, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DEARTH.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEARTH Deficiency, shortage (6) The Times Concise Dec 17, 2025
8% LACK Deficiency (4) Thomas Joseph Dec 3, 2025
7% LACKING Deficient (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Oct 13, 2025
7% FAMINE Shortage of a sort (6) New York Times Oct 2, 2025
7% DEFICIT Shortage (7) (7) Mirror Classic Sep 15, 2025
6% PROFANITY Don very deficient in self-regard? F-------! (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 4, 2025
6% RICKETS Bone disease caused by vitamin D deficiency (7) (7) Puzzler Nov 7, 2025
6% ANEMIA Result of iron deficiency (6) Premier Sunday Oct 5, 2025
5% ONGOING Happening as drums extremely deficient before Ringo's discovered (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 6, 2025
5% CAUCUS Political group in ex-Soviet area so deficient (6) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 24, 2025

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