NOUN: "a lack of something requisite, desirable, or useful" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a lack of something requisite, desirable, or useful" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
(noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. 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

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REQUISITE (noun)
1. anything indispensable
REQUISITE (adjective)
1. necessary for relief or supply
DESIRABLE (adjective)
1. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
2. worth having or seeking or achieving

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23. German beer brand

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34. NOUN: "[one who writes] lyric poem[s]"

35. NOUN: "an affirmative vote"

36. Nest-egg funds

37. "Dead ___ Society" (1989 Best Picture nominee)

38. One-eighth of a gallon

39. Tony Soprano's consigliere

40. Part of BMR

41. Scented, like many cleaning sprays

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46. Needs but doesn't have

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1. Smear

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9. NOUN: "the communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words"

10. NOUN: "the basic monetary unit of North Korea and South Korea"

11. Fuss

12. NOUN: "adult male human[s]"

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21. NOUN: "an immeasurably deep gulf"

24. Enter, as data

25. Acting class exercise

27. ADJECTIVE: "not rigidly fastened or securely attached"

28. NOUN: "a standard of perfection, beauty, or excellence"

29. NOUN: "an appellation of dignity, honor, distinction, or preeminence attached to a person or family by virtue of rank, office, precedent, privilege, attainment, or lands"

30. Roar singer Perry

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32. Common font

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41. Prefix for "fall"

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54. One of the Baltic States: Abbr.

55. PREPOSITION: "in the capacity or character of"

56. 180-degree turn

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