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Shortage (6)

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'shortage' is the definition.
(dearth can mean a shortage or lack)

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(Other definitions for dearth that I've seen before include "Scarcity - famine" , "Scarcity, paucity" , "Acute shortage" , "Scarceness or lack" , "Lack of resources" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post, the King Feature Syndicate, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Mirror and the Newsday.
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