The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NEEDS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Demands crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
NEEDS | 33 % | 5 |
EXACTS | 28 % | 6 |
ASKS | 15 % | 4 |
INSISTS | 8 % | 7 |
CLAIMS | 5 % | 6 |
INSISTSUPON | 5 % | 11 |
STANDSON | 3 % | 8 |
ASKSFOR | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Demands
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- require
- ask
- necessitate
- need
- requirement
- exact
- involve
- take
- call for
- actions
- ambitions
- appeals
Crossword Answer definitions
NEEDS adverb- Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "of need".
- 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 NEEDS
- Basic ___
- Has to have
- Requirements
- Must have
- Requires
- Lacks
- Prerequisites
- Calls for
- They may be met
- Food, clothing, and shelter, e.g.
More clues leading to the result EXACTS
- Draws (from)
- Forces, as payment
- Demands
- Makes happen, as revenge
- Obtains, as revenge
- Demands, as respect
- Demands, as payment
- Calls for
- Carries out, as revenge
- Demands (from)
More clues leading to the result ASKS
More clues leading to the result INSISTS
- Won't take "no" for an answer
- Refuses to yield
- Demands
- Puts one's foot down
- Sticks ot one's guns
- Won't take no for an answer
- Isn't at all wishy-washy
- Is emphatic
- Won't back down
- Maintains
More clues leading to the result CLAIMS
- Progressive cases
- Adjuster's in-basket
- Insurance adjusters' concerns
- They may be staked
- What adjusters adjust
- Assertions
- Adjuster's backlog
- "Small" allegations
- Insurance filings
- Says assuredly