The term 'without' can be expressed in a variety of ways, as evidenced by the crossword solutions given. EXTERIOR (8 letters) refers to the outside or outer part of something, BEYOND (6 letters) means further away than something else, APART (5 letters) means separated or disconnected from something else, DEVOID (6 letters) means completely empty or LACKING, ABSENT (6 letters) means not present or existing, Needing (7 letters) means requiring or demanding something, SINE (4 letters) means without, LACKING (7 letters) means not having or missing something, LESS (4 letters) means a smaller amount of something, MINUS (5 letters) means subtraction or the lack of something, SANS (4 letters) is a French word meaning without, END (3 letters) means the final part of something, Nary (4 letters) means not one or none, Freeof (6 letters) means not containing or affected by something, and Havenot (7 letters) means not having something. All of these words are used to express the concept of being without something.