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 |
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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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