HARD UP Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 78 solutions for 'HARD UP' with 4 to 25 letters.
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The clue "hard up" last appeared in the The Guardian Quick crossword on September 7, 2020. The correct answer for this puzzle is "NEEDY", a 5-letter word.

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Clue
Answer
Length
HARD UP with 4 letters
HARD
4
POOR ⭐
4
VOID
4
HARD UP with 5 letters
BROKE
5
NEEDY ⭐
5
SEEDY
5
SHORT
5
SKINT
5
HARD UP with 6 letters
ABJECT
6
BROKEN
6
FAULTY
6
HUMBLE
6
ILL OFF
6
INNEED ⭐
6
MEAGRE
6
NARROW
6
PALTRY
6
POORLY
6
SCANTY
6
SHABBY
6
SHODDY
6
HARD UP with 7 letters
INAHOLE
7
LACKING
7
PINCHED
7
REDUCED
7
SCHLOCK
7
WANTING
7
HARD UP with 8 letters
BADLY OFF
8
BANKRUPT
8
BEGGARED
8
DIRTPOOR
8
INDIGENT
8
INFERIOR
8
LAND-POOR
8
MEDIOCRE
8
SQUEEZED
8
STRAPPED
8
UNDERFED
8
HARD UP with 9 letters
DEFICIENT
9
DESPERATE
9
DESTITUTE
9
EMACIATED
9
INSOLVENT
9
MISERABLE
9
ON THE EDGE
9
PENNILESS
9
PENURIOUS
9
POORLY OFF
9
UNMONEYED
9
HARD UP with 10 letters
DISTRESSED
10
IN EXTREMIS
10
INCOMPLETE
10
STRAITENED
10
HARD UP with 11 letters
DILAPIDATED
11
EMBARRASSED
11
HARD PRESSED
11
HARD-PRESSED
11
IMPECUNIOUS
11
NECESSITOUS
11
OUT OF POCKET
11
SHORT OF CASH
11
UP AGAINST IT
11
HARD UP with 12 letters
CASHSTRAPPED
12
IMPOVERISHED
12
INSUFFICIENT
12
SHORT OF FUNDS
12
SHORT OF MONEY
12
UNPROSPEROUS
12
HARD UP with 13 letters
DOWN TO BEDROCK
13
IN EXTREMITIES
13
IN QUEER STREET
13
SORELY PRESSED
13
UNPRETENTIOUS
13
HARD UP with 15 letters
FEELING THE PINCH
15
HARD UP with 18 letters
IN DESPERATE STRAITS
18
HARD UP with 21 letters
IN NARROW CIRCUMSTANCES
21
HARD UP with 22 letters
IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES
22
HARD UP with 25 letters
IN STRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES
25

Top answers for HARD UP crossword clue from newspapers

NEEDY
POOR
INNEED

Definition of hard up

  • not having enough money to pay for necessities

Anagrams of hard up

PURDAH

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Solution NEEDY is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution NEEDY is 5 letters long. We have 4 further solutions of the same word length.

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There are 78 solutions. The longest is IN STRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES with 25 letters, and the shortest is HARD with 4 letters.

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