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Lack, deficiency (4)

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This clue is a double definition.

'lack' is the first definition.
(I know that lack can be written as want)

'deficiency' is the second definition.
(I know that deficiency can be written as want)

(Other definitions for want that I've seen before include "Desire to possess" , "poverty" , "Wish" , "Desire - deficiency" , "'Wilful waste makes woeful . . . .'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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