Hanker for
The crossword clue "Hanker for" is answered by DESIRE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DESIRE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DESIRE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DESIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DESIRE, most used first.
- Craving - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Want - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Long for - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Yen - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Crave - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Longing - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Wish - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Wish for - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Yearn for - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Covet - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Yearning - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Fancy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Really fancy - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Appetite - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Hankering - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Take for granted - ASSUME, used 100 times
- Fit for farming - ARABLE, used 76 times
- Get even for - AVENGE, used 69 times
- Makes up (for) - ATONES, used 63 times
- For each - APIECE, used 61 times
- For the time being - PROTEM, used 46 times
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