Desire strongly

The answer

CRAVE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRAVE answer page.

Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 7 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.

• COVET (2 uses in xd)
• YEARN (2 uses in xd)
• ASPIRE (1 uses in xd)
• YENFOR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for CRAVE

Every other clue in this collection answered by CRAVE, most used first.

• Hunger for - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Long for - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Want badly - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Desire - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Yearn for - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Have a yen for - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Really, really want - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Hanker for - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Have a hankering for - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Really want - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Beg. - used 7 times, most recently in 1986
• Desire greatly - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Have a jones for - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Want desperately - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Burning desire? - ARSON, used 36 times
• Dove's desire - PEACE, used 15 times
• Desire - COVET, used 12 times
• Denounces strongly - DAMNS, used 11 times
• Strongly advised - URGED, used 11 times
• Strongly encouraged - URGED, used 11 times

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