Deficit Crossword Clue
8 letters · New York Times · Tuesday, July 9, 1996 · 37-Down
Appeared in 4 New York Times Crosswords between February 1994 and July 1996.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · July 9, 1996 · 37-Down · 8 letters
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the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
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