Strong desire
The crossword clue "Strong desire" is answered by LUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUST answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 10 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.
- HANKERING (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by LUST, most used first.
- A deadly sin - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Craving - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- One of the deadly sins - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Intense craving - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Deadly sin - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ for life - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- One of the seven deadly sins - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- The hots - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Intense desire - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Passionate desire - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Concupiscence - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Lascivious desire - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Satyric sin - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Strong craving - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Strong wind - GALE, used 156 times
- Desire - WANT, used 110 times
- Desire - URGE, used 106 times
- Strong desire - URGE, used 102 times
- Strong as ___ - ANOX, used 92 times
- Strong desires - YENS, used 87 times
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