Answer: NEEDY
NEEDY is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 98 times.
Referring Clues:
- In the poorhouse
- Strapped
- Hard up
- Destitute
- Dependent
- Mendicant
- Down on one's luck
- Down and out
- Indigent
- Deserving assistance
- Poor
- Impoverished
- Like some scholarship winners
- Wanting
- Disadvantaged
- Not self-sufficient
- Pinched
- Lacking lucre
- Far from loaded
- Penniless
- Poverty-stricken
- Down-and-out
- High-maintenance
- Lacking
- Hardly well-off
- Like those on welfare, presumably
- Wanting wherewithal
- Far from affluent
- Unprosperous
- On welfare, perhaps
- Insecure
- Unable to make it on one's own
- Like have-nots
- Requiring a lot of attention
- Like many scholarship recipients
- Underprivileged
- Far from rich
- Like a soup kitchen habitue
- Broke
- Emotionally demanding
- High-maintenance, in a way
- In want
- Dependent on charity
- Lacking resources
- Flat broke
- Flat broke
- Clingy, in a way
- Stone broke
- Distressed
- Clinging, say
- Extremely poor
- Definitely not loaded
- Attention-seeking, say
- In the lowest possible tax bracket
- In poverty
- Like charity recipients
- On welfare, presumably
- Strapped for cash
- In dire straits
- Like a have-not
- Penurious
- Requiring constant reassurance
- Far from flush
- Sans resources
- Eligible for a scholarship, maybe
- Far from wealthy
- Very poor
- Unable to make ends meet
- Far from prosperous
- Demanding
- Insolvent
- Requiring lots of attention
- Far from well-off
- Desperate for cash
- Eligible for food stamps, say
- Lacking the essentials
- Hard-up for cash
- Dirt-poor
- With insufficient resources
- Wanting others' attention and approval
- Not well-off
- Requiring lots of reassurance
- Clingy, say
- Like a partner who constantly texts you
- Like a pet that won't leave your lap
- Worthy of assistance
- Demanding attention
- Like a partner who can't spend a second apart from you
- Like pets that demand every second of your attention
- Deprived
- Like a cat that's always underfoot
- Attention-hoarding, say
- Attention-starved
- Formerly, on wedding websites
- Like a pet cat who constantly demands scritches
- Constantly seeking validation, say
- Like a pet that's glued to you 24/7
- Demanding constant attention, perhaps
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 14, 2025
- New York Times - August 21, 2025
- LA Times - September 20, 2024
- New York Times - August 27, 2024
- USA Today - June 25, 2024
- New York Times - June 25, 2024
- New York Times - March 28, 2024
- USA Today - February 15, 2024
- New York Times - November 07, 2023
- LA Times - June 18, 2023
- LA Times - June 11, 2023
- New York Times - March 29, 2023
- New York Times - March 22, 2023
- USA Today - August 25, 2022
- New York Times - May 15, 2022
- USA Today - April 14, 2022
- USA Today - March 22, 2022
- New York Times - January 24, 2022
- LA Times - December 03, 2021
- LA Times - October 04, 2021
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