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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, May 23, 2013 | 51D | Call for (6) | David Levinson Wilk |
| Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 50A | Paucity | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, August 12, 2012 | 29A | Cry for | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, May 3, 2012 | 29A | Passport for foreign travel, e.g. | Neville Fogarty |
| Saturday, February 18, 2012 | 32D | Aid consideration | Matt Ginsberg |
| Monday, February 13, 2012 | 63A | More than want | Ellen Leuschner and Victor Fleming |
| Monday, November 21, 2011 | 35D | Scholarship basis (2) | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, October 23, 2011 | 109D | Desideratum (5) | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, June 20, 2011 | 45A | If ___ be | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, June 12, 2011 | 31A | Must-have (2) | C. W. Stewart |
| Thursday, May 19, 2011 | 33A | Destitution | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | 28D | ___-to-know basis | Barry C. Silk |
| Saturday, September 11, 2010 | 18A | Grant consideration (2) | Brad Wilber |
| Monday, September 6, 2010 | 62A | Requirement (8) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 | 68A | Penury (7) | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, June 27, 2010 | 79A | Financial aid factor | Michael J. Doran |
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 | 53D | Triage consideration | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | 8D | More than desire | Dan Schoenholz |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 46D | It may be urgent | Paul Hunsberger |
| Saturday, February 6, 2010 | 6D | Grant consideration (2) | Frederick J. Healy |
| Sunday, April 5, 2009 | 36D | "___ a lift?" | Charles Deber |
| Sunday, March 15, 2009 | 106A | Desideratum (5) | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | 56D | Poverty (8) | C. W. Stewart |
| Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | 68A | Call for (6) | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 56D | Exigency (6) | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, August 25, 2008 | 63A | Requirement (8) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 98D | Sine qua non (4) | Kevin G. Der |
| Friday, July 4, 2008 | 59D | Want (2) | John Underwood |
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | 22D | Addiction | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 57D | Straits (4) | Matt Ginsberg |
| Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | 49A | Scholarship consideration (2) | Barry C. Silk |
| Tuesday, August 14, 2007 | 65A | Crave | C. W. Stewart |
| Sunday, August 5, 2007 | 74D | Straits (4) | Caroline Leong |
| Thursday, February 22, 2007 | 30D | Lack (5) | Mike Nothnagel |
| Monday, February 12, 2007 | 34A | Must-have (2) | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | 67A | Cry out for (3) | David Sullivan |
| Sunday, November 5, 2006 | 24A | Must have (2) | Derrick Niederman |
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 | 55D | Triage factor | Todd McClary |
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 | 61A | Penury (7) | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 | 2D | Impecuniosity (3) | Sheldon Benardo |
| Friday, October 28, 2005 | 8D | Sine qua non (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, August 16, 2005 | 64A | Call for (6) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Saturday, November 27, 2004 | 52D | "No ___" | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, November 7, 2004 | 104D | Impecuniosity (3) | Con Pederson |
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 | 16A | Beggary (2) | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, September 27, 2004 | 51A | Have to have (2) | Gregory Paul |
| Sunday, August 29, 2004 | 127A | Call for (6) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, July 13, 2004 | 9D | Penury (7) | Kevan Choset |
| Monday, June 14, 2004 | 8D | Must-have item | Craig Kasper |
| Saturday, April 10, 2004 | 49D | It's more than a desire | Mark Diehl |
| Monday, March 15, 2004 | 46A | Require (8) | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, August 5, 2003 | 66A | Poverty (8) | D. J. DeChristopher |
| Wednesday, July 16, 2003 | 21A | Poverty (8) | Norm Guggenbiller |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2003 | 47D | Cry out for (3) | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, June 19, 2003 | 12D | Scholarship criterion (3) | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, May 26, 2003 | 22A | Requisite (5) | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, April 21, 2003 | 62A | Requirement (8) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 23, 2003 | 25D | Essential (3) | Con Pederson |
| Wednesday, March 5, 2003 | 14A | Penury (7) | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, February 9, 2003 | 76D | Grant criterion, often | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, December 6, 2002 | 5D | Scholarship basis (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, November 12, 2002 | 49D | Requirement (8) | Adam Cohen |
| Sunday, September 1, 2002 | 5D | Bad straits | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, August 12, 2002 | 16A | Financial aid criterion (3) | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, May 6, 2002 | 54D | Require (8) | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, March 15, 2002 | 45D | Not just desire | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, March 7, 2002 | 60A | Essential (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, February 21, 2002 | 52D | Poverty (8) | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, December 25, 2001 | 55D | Reason for a donation | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2001 | 68A | Have to have (2) | Don West |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2001 | 42A | What have-nots have | Frank A. Longo |
| Friday, September 14, 2001 | 23A | Welfare state? (3) | Mark Diehl |
| Sunday, August 19, 2001 | 123A | Penury (7) | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, July 20, 2001 | 37D | Craving | Jim Page |
| Monday, April 16, 2001 | 60A | Requirement (8) | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, October 18, 2000 | 55D | Grant basis (2) | Thomas W. Schier |
| Sunday, July 2, 2000 | 96A | Exigency (6) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, May 4, 2000 | 56D | Straits (4) | Richard Hughes |
| Friday, April 28, 2000 | 37D | Desideratum (5) | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, April 17, 2000 | 44A | Requirement (8) | Greg Staples |
| Wednesday, February 16, 2000 | 57D | Cry out for (3) | Gene Newman |
| Tuesday, December 14, 1999 | 13D | Penury (7) | Richard Chisholm |
| Tuesday, November 23, 1999 | 28D | Poverty (8) | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, November 8, 1999 | 69A | Requisite (5) | Kent Lorentzen |
| Wednesday, August 25, 1999 | 64D | Exigency (6) | Richard Hughes |
| Thursday, August 19, 1999 | 27D | Desideratum (5) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, March 7, 1999 | 69D | Scholarship criterion (3) | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, December 21, 1998 | 71A | Poverty (8) | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, December 13, 1998 | 68D | Can't do without | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, October 29, 1998 | 60D | Financial aid criterion (3) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, August 23, 1998 | 103A | Be short of | Nelson Hardy |
| Tuesday, August 11, 1998 | 51D | Poverty (8) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, August 2, 1998 | 18D | Indigence | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, July 7, 1998 | 60D | "___ I say more?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, June 26, 1998 | 39A | Sine qua non (4) | Frank Longo |
| Friday, May 22, 1998 | 22A | Call for (6) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, May 9, 1998 | 29D | Emergency | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, May 6, 1998 | 72A | Exigency (6) | Richard Hughes |
| Thursday, April 2, 1998 | 63A | Charity's calculation | Alex K. Justin |
| Monday, February 16, 1998 | 66A | Requirement (8) | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, January 27, 1998 | 69A | Lack (5) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 8, 1997 | 67A | Requisite (5) | Mary E. Brindamour |
| Saturday, November 22, 1997 | 60A | Grant basis (2) | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, November 12, 1997 | 72A | Requirement (8) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, October 16, 1997 | 70A | Difficulty, so to speak | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, September 11, 1997 | 13D | Sine qua non (4) | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, September 2, 1997 | 64A | Lack (5) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, August 10, 1997 | 114A | Financial aid criterion (3) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, June 30, 1997 | 19A | Require (8) | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, April 14, 1997 | 4D | Exigency (6) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, March 16, 1997 | 80D | Shortage (2) | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, February 23, 1997 | 20A | Distress | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, February 19, 1997 | 37A | Require (8) | D. J. DeChristopher |
| Thursday, November 21, 1996 | 67A | Welfare state? (3) | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, November 16, 1996 | 54D | Call for (6) | J. Page |
| Monday, August 26, 1996 | 52A | Lack (5) | G. E. Paul |
| Thursday, June 6, 1996 | 62A | Shortage (2) | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, April 29, 1996 | 36D | Penury (7) | S. L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, February 27, 1996 | 21A | Exigency (6) | J.L. Beatty |
| Sunday, February 18, 1996 | 106D | Impecuniosity (3) | Norma Steinberg |
| Sunday, January 28, 1996 | 101D | Desideratum (5) | M. W. Perry |
| Tuesday, November 21, 1995 | 32A | Scholarship factor (2) | Thomas W. Schier |
| Sunday, October 22, 1995 | 86A | Basis for financial aid | Matt Gaffney |
| Friday, September 29, 1995 | 22A | Beggary (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, September 23, 1995 | 36D | Welfare state? (3) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, August 12, 1995 | 52A | Grant criterion | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, August 8, 1995 | 66A | Urgent want | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, May 17, 1995 | 30A | Require (8) | Ed Early |
| Friday, May 5, 1995 | 54A | Lack (5) | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, April 25, 1995 | 37D | Must have (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, April 21, 1995 | 2D | Essential (3) | Rand H. Burns |
| Monday, April 17, 1995 | 66A | Require (8) | Kenneth Witte |
| Thursday, April 6, 1995 | 34D | Straits (4) | Lois Sidway |
| Monday, April 3, 1995 | 22A | Require (8) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, April 2, 1995 | 106D | Scholarship criterion (3) | Norman S. Wizer |
| Saturday, January 14, 1995 | 52A | Scholarship factor (2) | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, October 11, 1994 | 62D | Want (2) | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, September 18, 1994 | 38A | Scholarship consideration (2) | Merl Reagle |
| Wednesday, September 7, 1994 | 7D | Requisite (5) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, June 27, 1994 | 18D | Require (8) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Friday, June 3, 1994 | 47D | Shortfall | Norman S. Wizer |
| Tuesday, May 3, 1994 | 43A | Requisite (5) | Lois Sidway |
| Thursday, February 3, 1994 | 26A | Poverty (8) | A.J. Santora |
| Saturday, January 8, 1994 | 50A | No frill, this | Rand H. Burns |
1 result for NEED from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 1998 | diagramless | 16A | Scholarship factor | Fred Piscop |
109 results for NEED from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 24, 1993 | 15D | Dearth | Frances Hansen | Taub |
| Tuesday, October 19, 1993 | 57A | Penury | Joel Davajan | Taub |
| Tuesday, September 28, 1993 | 17A | Require | Betty Jorgensen | Taub |
| Monday, August 23, 1993 | 57D | Requisite | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 18, 1993 | 78D | Essential item | Mark Diehl | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 3, 1993 | 61A | Penury | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 29, 1993 | 63A | Lack | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 4, 1993 | 28D | Privation | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 2, 1993 | 43A | Penury | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
| Monday, January 11, 1993 | 29D | Requisite | Page | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 30, 1992 | 55D | Destitution | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 2, 1992 | 63A | Require | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 24, 1992 | 53D | Exigency | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
| Monday, September 14, 1992 | 70A | Require | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 20, 1992 | 13D | Have use for | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Monday, May 18, 1992 | 64A | Require | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
| Friday, May 1, 1992 | 21A | Exigence | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 25, 1992 | 69A | Requirement | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
| Monday, March 23, 1992 | 68A | Require | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 11, 1992 | 13D | Require | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Monday, February 24, 1992 | 19D | Requirement | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Friday, January 24, 1992 | 12D | Exigency | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
| Friday, January 10, 1992 | 12D | Privation | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 1, 1991 | 91A | Requirement | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 3, 1991 | 41D | Have to have | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
| Friday, October 18, 1991 | 30D | Indigence | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 21, 1991 | 61A | Lack | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 18, 1991 | 111D | Want | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 14, 1991 | 63A | Require | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 27, 1991 | 63A | Require | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Friday, May 24, 1991 | 40A | Exigency | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 7, 1991 | 44A | Requirement | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Monday, April 15, 1991 | 69A | Have to have | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 9, 1991 | 34D | Penury | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 6, 1990 | 71A | Poverty | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Monday, October 1, 1990 | 12D | Want | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 7, 1990 | 72A | Require | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 24, 1990 | 49D | Require | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 27, 1990 | 67A | Require | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Monday, January 8, 1990 | 22A | Want | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 21, 1989 | 66A | Indigence | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 24, 1989 | 23A | Have to have | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Monday, August 21, 1989 | 53D | Require | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 10, 1989 | 70A | Require | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, June 26, 1989 | 61D | Exigency | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 8, 1989 | 121A | Have to have | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 27, 1988 | 64A | Indigency | Cohen | Maleska |
| Monday, December 19, 1988 | 61A | Require | Jane S. Flowerree | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 8, 1988 | 61A | Require | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 8, 1988 | 60D | Hunger for | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Thursday, October 6, 1988 | 13D | Lack | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
| Friday, July 29, 1988 | 27D | Want | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 5, 1988 | 53D | Penury | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 22, 1988 | 43D | Destitution | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 1, 1988 | 113A | Poverty | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Monday, March 21, 1988 | 67A | Require | Frank Geary | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 15, 1988 | 62A | Desideratum | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 9, 1988 | 39D | Require | Emory H. Cain | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 5, 1988 | 22D | Require | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 24, 1987 | 28D | Want | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Saturday, September 12, 1987 | 68A | Requisite | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
| Monday, May 11, 1987 | 60A | Exigency | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 8, 1987 | 99D | Urgency | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Friday, February 27, 1987 | 33D | CARE concern | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 19, 1987 | 50D | Penury | Madrid | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 29, 1987 | 30D | Poverty | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Monday, January 5, 1987 | 63D | Indigence | Burns | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 9, 1986 | 68A | Penury | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Monday, December 1, 1986 | 32D | Want | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 9, 1986 | 6D | "All men have ___ of the gods": Homer | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Friday, July 4, 1986 | 61A | Exigency | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 1, 1986 | 33A | Require | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Friday, May 9, 1986 | 60D | A cause of rebellion | Jones | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 4, 1986 | 121A | Penury | J. Samuel Smart | Maleska |
| Friday, April 25, 1986 | 61D | Require | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 5, 1986 | 85D | Requirement | Julian Ochrymowych | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 18, 1985 | 8D | Require | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 18, 1985 | 29A | CARE concern | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 11, 1985 | 57D | Lack | James Barrick | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 10, 1985 | 60A | Require | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 26, 1985 | 101A | Exigency | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
| Monday, May 20, 1985 | 65A | Clothing or shelter | Bitoni | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 30, 1985 | 3D | Requirement | Burns | Maleska |
| Monday, January 7, 1985 | 8D | Penury | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 5, 1985 | 31D | Indigence | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 30, 1984 | 74D | Poverty | Harriet Gilson Rosenberg | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 2, 1984 | 20D | Penury | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 29, 1984 | 108A | Be without | Louis Baron | Maleska |
| Monday, April 9, 1984 | 66A | Require | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 17, 1984 | 12D | Requirement | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 8, 1983 | 22A | Require | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 27, 1983 | 108A | Exigency | Jack R. Harnes, M.D. | Maleska |
| Monday, September 12, 1983 | 16A | Extreme want | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 23, 1983 | 50D | Require | Whitten | Maleska |
| Friday, July 22, 1983 | 18A | Exigency | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Friday, July 15, 1983 | 7D | Run short of | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Friday, June 24, 1983 | 65A | Exigency | Kevin Wray | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 23, 1983 | 30D | Require | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, June 13, 1983 | 64A | Require | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 5, 1983 | 73D | Destitution | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Monday, May 16, 1983 | 56D | Require | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 10, 1983 | 63A | Require | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 26, 1983 | 67A | Have to have | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
| Monday, March 14, 1983 | 56D | Lack | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 5, 1983 | 51D | Want | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 17, 1983 | 62A | Indigence | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 6, 1983 | 110A | Exigency | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 30, 1983 | 12D | Exigency | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 4, 1983 | 20D | Exigency | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |