Related Clues:

• Financial aid basis
• It might be dire
• Food or water, e.g.
• '___ a lift?'
• Be unable to function without
• Attendance-book notation
• Is without
• Absolutely require
• Supply-and-demand problem
• "A friend in ___ is . . ."
• Reason for some scholarships
• Grant consideration
• It may be urgent
• Extreme scarcity
• More than merely want