Clues for the word "NEEDS"
We've had 156 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 742 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 15, 2026.
Definition of needs
- adv. - Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need.
Referring Clues
- Exigencies
- Basic ___
- Base negotiating amounts
- More than desires
- Food and shelter, e.g.
- Has got to have
- Has to have
- Cries out for
- It's good to meet them
- Lists of basics
- Required things
- Calls for
- What alimony covers, minimally
- Requirements
- Necessities
- Philanthropists' concerns
- Requires
- Food and shelter
- Must-haves
- Humanitarian concerns
- Topic in couples therapy
- Demands
- Food and water
- Paint and brush, for a painter
- Must have
- Can't do without
- Isn't complete without
- Musts
- Philanthropic focus
- Food and water, for two
- Can't live without
- Food, clothing, and shelter
- Can't survive without
- Food, shelter, and clothing
- Things lacking
- Wants
- It's important to meet them
- They may be pressing
- Essentials
- They must be met
- Obligations
- Desiderata
- They can't be ignored
- Pines for
- Is short of
- More than wants
- Hasn't, but should have
- Can't forgo
- Deficiencies
- Topic for a marriage counselor
- Requisites
- Necessary things
- You'll want to meet them
- Topic for the marriage counselor
- Food, clothing and shelter
- ". . . according to his ___"
- Food and shelter, for two
- Motivators, in psychology
- Food, water, and shelter
- Food, shelter and clothing
- Some are pressing
- They're not optional
- "... according to his ___"
- "Pressing" things
- Is missing
- Things to fill
- Has got to have it
- Hasn't got
- They're indispensable
- Is lacking
- Lacks
- Gotta have
- Budget priorities
- Food and shelter, among others
- Life's essentials
- Pressing matters
- Air and water, e.g.
- See 113-Down
- Doesn't just want
- Imperatives
- Cravings
- Prerequisites (5)
- Non-negotiable things
- Light and water, e.g., for plants
- Desires strongly
- Can't eschew
- Longs for
- Things to fulfill
- Prerequisites
- Food, shelter, etc.
- Cell towers for cellphones, for example
- Absolute requirements
- Not just wants
- Water and sunlight, for plants
- Essentialities
- Indispensable items
- Absolutely requires
- Misses
- Gotta-haves
- Food, water, shelter, et al.
- Craves
- Basics
- Considers essential
- Wants river to flow round between poles
- They're more important than wants
- Food, water, shelter, etc.
- "Mars ___ Moms" (2011 film)
- Placebo: "Special ___"
- Hard-up Collective Soul song off "Dosage"?
- Collective Soul song about must-haves?
- Kendrick Lamar "She ___ Me"
- Model girlfriend & house in the hills, for a rocker?
- U.K. rockers This Town ___ Guns
- Huge mansion and fast cars are some, for rich stars
- Has to be seen rising around Land's End
- The fewer you have the less you want
- Send out round the East for what's required
- Wants to be seen returning about five hundred
- Lost Eden originally satisfied wants
- Is desperate for massages, reportedly
- Placebo "A friend in ___ a friend indeed"
- Is desperate for
- Of necessity
- Massages, so we hear, may be required items
- Demands pounds in speech
- Wants massages, so we hear
- You can't live without them
- Has to send out afresh for a key
- Requirements to send deviously out East
- Can't exist without
- Food, sleep, shelter, etc.
- Topics in couples therapy
- Food and water, for humans
- Urgent wants
- Essential things
- Nonnegotiable things
- Requires dense brew
- Water and air, e.g.
- Basic ones should be met
- Wants to be seen turning the key in it
- Wants to give the English within a send-off
- Food, water and air
- They're not options
- Things one can't do without
- List for a survivalist
- Food, air, water, etc.
- Isn't able to do without
- Absolute musts
- Focus of Maslow's hierarchy
- Water and light, for plants
- Not wants but ___
- Requirements in dense array
- Maslovian considerations
- Deems essential
- Food and water, e.g.
- "Who ___ them?"
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 15, 2026
- LA Times - January 08, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 25, 2025
- Daily American - December 12, 2025
- Daily American - December 09, 2025
- LA Times - December 09, 2025
- New York Times - December 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2025
- LA Times - November 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 28, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 04, 2025
- LA Times - October 31, 2025
- Daily American - October 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 18, 2025
- New York Times - October 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 22, 2025
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