Yearn (for)
The crossword clue "Yearn (for)" is answered by LONG, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LONG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LONG answer page.
Used 28 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 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 (12 uses in xd)
Other clues for LONG
Every other clue in this collection answered by LONG, most used first.
- Protracted - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Yearn - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Time-consuming - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Drawn-out - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Extended - used 35 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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Look for - SEEK, used 172 times
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