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 2023.
Food, air, water, etc crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEEDS | 100 % | 5 |
Why may NEEDS be the right solution?
The clue is asking for things that are necessary for survival, and "needs" is a word that encompasses all of them (food, air, water, etc.).
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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).
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