Mark the urban area where there's shortage(8 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Mark the urban area where there's shortage”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025.
The answer is
S
C
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C
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T
Y
Other clues that solve to SCARCITY
The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.
- #42 across A lack of cars, usually, approaching a built-up area (8) 8th August 2025
- #2 down Mark the urban area where there's shortage (8) 1st August 2025
- #5 down Dearth (8) 20th September 2024
- #34 across Shortness (8) 7th June 2021
- #42 across A lack of cars, usually, approaching a built-up area (8) 7th August 2020
- #2 down Mark the urban area where there’s shortage (8) 31st July 2020
- #5 down Dearth (8) 27th July 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong (6)
- #3 down Drink you having during flight when it's cold? (3,2,3,3)
- #4 down Well, then I got confused and embarrassed (2,3,4)
- #5 down They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots! (7)
- #6 down Keeps a close eye on, though there's no longer any resistance (6,4)
- #7 down So you take leave at the end of September (4)
- #8 across Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girl (5,2)
- #9 across Going off then to pack a kind of vase (2,3,4)
- #10 down Having the salesman walk up to is smart (6)
- #11 down Argument coming back I'd got terribly upset by (7)