Breathing need
The crossword clue "Breathing need" is answered by LUNG, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LUNG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUNG answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- OXYGEN (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for LUNG
Every other clue in this collection answered by LUNG, most used first.
- Breathing organ - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Breather - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
- Respiratory organ - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Chest organ - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pulmonary organ - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Breathing apparatus - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- It's breath-taking - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Etcher's need - ACID, used 40 times
- In need of directions - LOST, used 39 times
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