NEED - NYT Crossword Clue & Answer

NEED is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for NEED in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "NEED" answer was first appeared in "8 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "No frill, this". It was authored by Rand H. Burns. Recently, the "NEED" answer has been used for "13 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“___ I say more?” (2)". It was authored by Alex Eaton-Salners. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Call for (8)", "Requirement (10)", "Penury (7)", "Poverty (9)", "Exigency (6)", "Desideratum (6)", "Require (8)", "Requisite (6)". "NEED" appeared 191 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "NEED" word.

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
13 Dec 2023	18D	“___ I say more?”	Alex Eaton-Salners
2 Nov 2023	38D	More than a want	Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson
26 Oct 2023	4D	Desperate straits	John Donegan
25 Oct 2023	63A	It’s a must	Aimee Lucido
6 Aug 2023	38D	Sun, for a sunflower	Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen
30 May 2023	49D	Have to have	Kathryn Ladner
4 Mar 2023	58A	Cry out for	Ryan McCarty
28 Feb 2022	70A	Must-have	Zach Sherwin and Andrea Carla Michaels
19 Jan 2022	60D	Scholarship consideration	Ori Brian
15 Oct 2021	58A	What air is not for an anaerobe	Ashton Anderson
23 Sep 2021	60D	Have to have	Simeon Seigel
21 Sep 2021	37D	Lawyer, for a defendant, typically	Daniel Okulitch
19 May 2021	6D	It’s a must	Ashish Vengsarkar
11 Dec 2020	61A	One might be pressing	Ari Richter
16 Oct 2020	23A	It’s not merely a yen	Damon Gulczynski
8 Sep 2020	30A	Can’t live without	Kevin Christian and Brad Wilber
29 Dec 2019	116A	Bargaining point that’s nonnegotiable	Andrew Chaikin
1 Aug 2019	60D	Kitchen, for a chef	Patrick Merrell
5 May 2019	50D	Grant factor, sometimes	Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
1 May 2019	23A	Basis of some scholarships	Joel Fagliano
27 Apr 2019	55D	Beg for	Joe Deeney
25 Oct 2018	67A	Have (to)	Neville Fogarty
29 Aug 2018	7D	Morning coffee, for many	Alex Bajcz
16 Jun 2018	45D	Must get	Sam Trabucco
15 Apr 2018	66D	Call for	Alex Bajcz
6 Apr 2018	15D	“No ___”	David Steinberg
19 Mar 2018	8D	Requirement	Michael Wiesenberg and Andrea Carla Michaels
17 Feb 2018	51D	Grant consideration	Peter Wentz
18 Jan 2018	43A	“No ___” (“I’m fine”)	Ryan McCarty and Alan Southworth
20 Dec 2017	52A	Food or air	Talitha Randall
4 Oct 2017	16A	Poverty	Evan Mahnken
14 Dec 2016	64A	Basis of a scholarship	Alan DeLoriea
5 Dec 2016	67A	Food, shelter or clothing	Ned White
27 Nov 2016	88D	Attention, for some	Matt Ginsberg
19 Nov 2016	25A	It’s a must	Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
3 Nov 2016	31D	Triage criterion	Mel Rosen
7 Sep 2016	34D	Requirement	Kary Haddad
13 May 2016	21A	Want	David Phillips and David Steinberg
19 Jul 2015	18D	Beggary	Tom McCoy
29 Jun 2015	1A	Requisite	Todd Gross and Andrea Carla Michaels
19 May 2015	51D	Must have	Allan E. Parrish
14 Jan 2015	18D	Desideratum	Caleb Emmons
28 Dec 2014	56A	Call for	Joe Krozel
4 Sep 2014	25D	Scholarship criterion, maybe	Samuel A. Donaldson
22 Jun 2014	105D	Craving	Elizabeth C. Gorski
3 Sep 2013	38D	Scholarship criterion	Dan Schoenholz
16 Aug 2013	31A	Triage determination	Dana Motley
23 May 2013	51D	Call for	David Levinson Wilk
21 Nov 2012	50A	Paucity	David J. Kahn
12 Aug 2012	29A	Cry for	Patrick Berry
3 May 2012	29A	Passport for foreign travel, e.g.	Neville Fogarty
18 Feb 2012	32D	Aid consideration	Matt Ginsberg
13 Feb 2012	63A	More than want	Ellen Leuschner and Victor Fleming
21 Nov 2011	35D	Scholarship basis	Peter A. Collins
23 Oct 2011	109D	Desideratum	Joe DiPietro
20 Jun 2011	45A	If ___ be	Lynn Lempel
12 Jun 2011	31A	Must-have	C. W. Stewart
19 May 2011	33A	Destitution	Paula Gamache
23 Feb 2011	28D	___-to-know basis	Barry C. Silk
11 Sep 2010	18A	Grant consideration	Brad Wilber
6 Sep 2010	62A	Requirement	Randall J. Hartman
29 Jun 2010	68A	Penury	Peter A. Collins
27 Jun 2010	79A	Financial aid factor	Michael J. Doran
19 Jun 2010	53D	Triage consideration	Samuel A. Donaldson
5 May 2010	8D	More than desire	Dan Schoenholz
16 Feb 2010	46D	It may be urgent	Paul Hunsberger
6 Feb 2010	6D	Grant consideration	Frederick J. Healy
5 Apr 2009	36D	“___ a lift?”	Charles Deber
15 Mar 2009	106A	Desideratum	Patrick Berry
4 Mar 2009	56D	Poverty	C. W. Stewart
3 Mar 2009	68A	Call for	Jeffrey Wechsler
8 Jan 2009	56D	Exigency	Joe DiPietro
25 Aug 2008	63A	Requirement	Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake
24 Aug 2008	98D	Sine qua non	Kevin G. Der
4 Jul 2008	59D	Want	John Underwood
26 Feb 2008	22D	Addiction	Sarah Keller
24 Jan 2008	57D	Straits	Matt Ginsberg
16 Jan 2008	49A	Scholarship consideration	Barry C. Silk
14 Aug 2007	65A	Crave	C. W. Stewart
5 Aug 2007	74D	Straits	Caroline Leong
22 Feb 2007	30D	Lack	Mike Nothnagel
12 Feb 2007	34A	Must-have	Lynn Lempel
13 Dec 2006	67A	Cry out for	David Sullivan
5 Nov 2006	24A	Must have	Derrick Niederman
10 Aug 2006	55D	Triage factor	Todd McClary
19 Jan 2006	61A	Penury	Joe DiPietro
18 Jan 2006	2D	Impecuniosity	Sheldon Benardo
28 Oct 2005	8D	Sine qua non	Elizabeth C. Gorski
16 Aug 2005	64A	Call for	Randall J. Hartman
27 Nov 2004	52D	“No ___”	Byron Walden
7 Nov 2004	104D	Impecuniosity	Con Pederson
28 Oct 2004	16A	Beggary	Richard Chisholm
27 Sep 2004	51A	Have to have	Gregory Paul
29 Aug 2004	127A	Call for	Manny Nosowsky
13 Jul 2004	9D	Penury	Kevan Choset
14 Jun 2004	8D	Must-have item	Craig Kasper
10 Apr 2004	49D	It’s more than a desire	Mark Diehl
15 Mar 2004	46A	Require	Patrick Merrell
5 Aug 2003	66A	Poverty	D. J. DeChristopher
16 Jul 2003	21A	Poverty	Norm Guggenbiller
15 Jul 2003	47D	Cry out for	Harvey Estes
19 Jun 2003	12D	Scholarship criterion	Randolph Ross
26 May 2003	22A	Requisite	Lynn Lempel
21 Apr 2003	62A	Requirement	Randall J. Hartman
23 Mar 2003	25D	Essential	Con Pederson
5 Mar 2003	14A	Penury	Tyler Hinman
9 Feb 2003	76D	Grant criterion, often	David J. Kahn
6 Dec 2002	5D	Scholarship basis	Brendan Emmett Quigley
12 Nov 2002	49D	Requirement	Adam Cohen
1 Sep 2002	5D	Bad straits	Patrick Berry
12 Aug 2002	16A	Financial aid criterion	Peter Gordon
6 May 2002	54D	Require	Peter Gordon
15 Mar 2002	45D	Not just desire	Brendan Emmett Quigley
7 Mar 2002	60A	Essential	Elizabeth C. Gorski
21 Feb 2002	52D	Poverty	Peter Gordon
25 Dec 2001	55D	Reason for a donation	Peter Gordon
19 Dec 2001	68A	Have to have	Don West
14 Nov 2001	42A	What have-nots have	Frank A. Longo
14 Sep 2001	23A	Welfare state?	Mark Diehl
19 Aug 2001	123A	Penury	David J. Kahn
20 Jul 2001	37D	Craving	Jim Page
16 Apr 2001	60A	Requirement	Peter Gordon
18 Oct 2000	55D	Grant basis	Thomas W. Schier
2 Jul 2000	96A	Exigency	Nancy Nicholson Joline
4 May 2000	56D	Straits	Richard Hughes
28 Apr 2000	37D	Desideratum	Joe DiPietro
17 Apr 2000	44A	Requirement	Greg Staples
16 Feb 2000	57D	Cry out for	Gene Newman
14 Dec 1999	13D	Penury	Richard Chisholm
23 Nov 1999	28D	Poverty	Nancy Salomon
8 Nov 1999	69A	Requisite	Kent Lorentzen
25 Aug 1999	64D	Exigency	Richard Hughes
19 Aug 1999	27D	Desideratum	Cathy Millhauser
7 Mar 1999	69D	Scholarship criterion	Randolph Ross
21 Dec 1998	71A	Poverty	Fred Piscop
13 Dec 1998	68D	Can’t do without	Richard Silvestri
29 Oct 1998	60D	Financial aid criterion	Cathy Millhauser
23 Aug 1998	103A	Be short of	Nelson Hardy
11 Aug 1998	51D	Poverty	Randall J. Hartman
2 Aug 1998	18D	Indigence	Nancy Nicholson Joline
7 Jul 1998	60D	“___ I say more?”	Elizabeth C. Gorski
26 Jun 1998	39A	Sine qua non	Frank Longo
22 May 1998	22A	Call for	Brendan Emmett Quigley
9 May 1998	29D	Emergency	Rich Norris
6 May 1998	72A	Exigency	Richard Hughes
2 Apr 1998	63A	Charity’s calculation	Alex K. Justin
16 Feb 1998	66A	Requirement	Peter Gordon
27 Jan 1998	69A	Lack	Manny Nosowsky
8 Dec 1997	67A	Requisite	Mary E. Brindamour
22 Nov 1997	60A	Grant basis	Matt Gaffney
12 Nov 1997	72A	Requirement	Randall J. Hartman
16 Oct 1997	70A	Difficulty, so to speak	Brendan Emmett Quigley
11 Sep 1997	13D	Sine qua non	Matt Gaffney
2 Sep 1997	64A	Lack	Alan Arbesfeld
10 Aug 1997	114A	Financial aid criterion	Nancy Nicholson Joline
30 Jun 1997	19A	Require	Peter Gordon
14 Apr 1997	4D	Exigency	Stephanie Spadaccini
16 Mar 1997	80D	Shortage	David J. Kahn
23 Feb 1997	20A	Distress	Nancy Nicholson Joline
19 Feb 1997	37A	Require	D. J. DeChristopher
21 Nov 1996	67A	Welfare state?	M. Ashwood-Smith
16 Nov 1996	54D	Call for	J. Page
26 Aug 1996	52A	Lack	G. E. Paul
6 Jun 1996	62A	Shortage	A. J. Santora
29 Apr 1996	36D	Penury	S. L. Robbins
27 Feb 1996	21A	Exigency	J.L. Beatty
18 Feb 1996	106D	Impecuniosity	Norma Steinberg
28 Jan 1996	101D	Desideratum	M. W. Perry
21 Nov 1995	32A	Scholarship factor	Thomas W. Schier
22 Oct 1995	86A	Basis for financial aid	Matt Gaffney
29 Sep 1995	22A	Beggary	Manny Nosowsky
23 Sep 1995	36D	Welfare state?	Martin Ashwood-Smith
12 Aug 1995	52A	Grant criterion	A.J. Santora
8 Aug 1995	66A	Urgent want	Gregory E. Paul
17 May 1995	30A	Require	Ed Early
5 May 1995	54A	Lack	Harvey Estes
25 Apr 1995	37D	Must have	Gregory E. Paul
21 Apr 1995	2D	Essential	Rand H. Burns
17 Apr 1995	66A	Require	Kenneth Witte
6 Apr 1995	34D	Straits	Lois Sidway
3 Apr 1995	22A	Require	Randall J. Hartman
2 Apr 1995	106D	Scholarship criterion	Norman S. Wizer
14 Jan 1995	52A	Scholarship factor	Rich Norris
11 Oct 1994	62D	Want	Bernice Gordon
18 Sep 1994	38A	Scholarship consideration	Merl Reagle
7 Sep 1994	7D	Requisite	Cathy Millhauser
27 Jun 1994	18D	Require	Wayne Robert Williams
3 Jun 1994	47D	Shortfall	Norman S. Wizer
3 May 1994	43A	Requisite	Lois Sidway
3 Feb 1994	26A	Poverty	A.J. Santora
8 Jan 1994	50A	No frill, this	Rand H. Burns

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