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SHORTAGE is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for SHORTAGE.

13 total results for SHORTAGE   ( score: 50 )

6 results for SHORTAGE from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthor
Sat Jul 18, 200930DSupply-and-demand problemJoe Krozel
Tue Feb 2, 199944ADeficiencyNorma Steinberg
Tue Jul 9, 199637DDeficit (3)Jonathan Schmatzbach
Sat Nov 18, 19951DDeficit (3)Glenton Petgrave
Sun Feb 6, 19949DDeficit (3)Arthur S. Verdesca
Sat Jan 1, 199433DWantManny Nosowsky
1 result for SHORTAGE from Variety puzzles:
DateTypeGridClueAuthor
Aug 28, 2016Cryptic15ABeach gets ticket for deficiency (8)Daniel Raymon
6 results for SHORTAGE from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Sun Dec 2, 198437DDeficitMaura B. JacobsonMaleska
Thu Sep 3, 198135DDeficitLouis SabinMaleska
Sun Jul 8, 197967AWantWilliam LutwiniakMaleska
Fri Feb 23, 196828ALack.UnknownFarrar
Fri Dec 30, 195514ALimited supply.UnknownFarrar
Sun Oct 15, 194420DDeficit.Bert StoreyFarrar
Anagrams:HOSTAGER
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