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Grant Criterion Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is NEED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
229%9 To deign to bestow or grant; to stoop to give or grant
323%10 A criterion used to evaluate someone's performance or abilities

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "NEED" which means:

    noun
  • • A condition requiring relief
  • • Anything that is necessary but lacking
  • • The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
  • • A state of extreme poverty or destitution
  • verb
  • • Require as useful, just, or proper
  • • Have need of
  • • Have or feel a need for

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I have a desperate need for caffeine in the morning."
  • • "There is a pressing need for more funding in the education sector."

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New York Times12 Aug 1995 Across 52
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