The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEED , but the solution may also be NEED Down which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Cry out for crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEED | 89 % | 4 |
| LACK | 8 % | 4 |
| NEED Down | 3 % | 39 |
Why may NEED-DOWN be the right solution?
The word "need" can be used to describe something that is desperately required or desired, which fits the clue "cry out for" suggesting a strong desire or requirement for something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cry out for
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cry for
- call for
- need yesterday
- beseech
- bang down the door
- demand
- run for one's life
- come running
- give one a yell
- go a-begging
- cry one's eyes out
- pray
Crossword Answer definitions
NEED noun- A requirement for something; something needed.
- Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
- To have an absolute requirement for.
- To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
- (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
- To be required; to be necessary.
- To be necessary (to someone).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NEED
- Burden
- Poverty-stricken state
- Call for
- Can't live without
- Exigency
- Require
- Requirement
- Requisite
- Scholarship factor
- Shortfall
More clues leading to the result LACK
- Be caught short
- Be in need of
- Absence
- Ain't got
- Deficiency
- Paucity
- Shortfall
- Be deficient in
- Are deficient in
- Dearth