Down-and-out Crossword Clue – 3 Answers (5-8 Letters)

Q: What's the best solution for Down-and-out?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Down-and-out is NEEDY. Other possible answers include PAUPER, VAGABOND.

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We have found 3 possible answers for the crossword clue Down-and-out.

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Clues like Down-and-out often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Sunday Mirror, The Sunday Times, The Guardian Cryptic, The Guardian Quick, The Independent Inquisitor, among others.

NEEDY

demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"
poor enough to need help from others

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VAGABOND

a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"

Frequently asked questions about ‘Down-and-out’

What's the best solution for Down-and-out?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Down-and-out is NEEDY. Other possible answers include PAUPER, VAGABOND.

How many solutions are there for Down-and-out?

We have found 3 possible answers for the crossword clue Down-and-out.

Which crosswords feature clues like Down-and-out?

Clues like Down-and-out often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Sunday Mirror, The Sunday Times, The Guardian Cryptic, The Guardian Quick, The Independent Inquisitor, among others.

Clue	Answers
Poor	12
Tramp	10
Distressed	7
Indigent	5
Destitute	4
Poverty-stricken	4
Strapped	4
Vagrant	4
Broke	3
Hard up	3
Impoverished	3
Pinched	3
Very poor	3
Wanting	3
Dependent	2
Disadvantaged	2
Down and out	2
Mendicant	2
Badly-off American city flooded by rising river	1
Before her marriage, Daisy's clothes demanding lots of attention	1
Born and died, unknown, poor	1
Born daddy, never mind the tot clinging	1
Born next to Derry's walls in poverty	1
Born, then days and years in poverty	1
Clingy and desperate	1
Craving affection	1
Deny failing to save energy? That would be poor	1
Deprived chap briefly kept by Napoleonic marshal	1
Deprived journalist housed by Napoleonic marshal	1
Deserving assistance	1
Down on one's luck	1
Emotionally demanding?	1
English journalist in US city lacking resources	1
Five Turkish and British commanders in Rover	1
Formerly called extremely dirty and poor	1
High-maintenance	1
Homeless wanderer’s saga with new introduction and promise	1
Idle wanderer	1
Impoverished woman brought up in US city	1
In the poorhouse	1
In want	1
Lacking lucre	1
Like some scholarship win	1
Not self-sufficient	1
One wants to be so described	1
Poor chap captured by Napoleonic marshal	1
Poor Edward, gripped by recurring desire	1
Poor journalist coming into money after turnabout	1
Poor journalist longing to get back outside	1
Poor of Parisian, gripped by desire, to pop up	1

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