The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CRUNCH which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Severe cash shortage crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRUNCH | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Severe cash shortage
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- famine
- dearth
- gamine
- penury
- critical
- crunch
- scarcity
- crunching
- acute
- anguish
- asphyxia
- marasmus
Crossword Answer definitions
CRUNCH noun- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- A critical moment or event.
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
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