Long for
The crossword clue "Long for" is answered by WANT, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
WANT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WANT answer page.
Used 36 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WANT
Every other clue in this collection answered by WANT, most used first.
- Desire - used 110 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
- Long story - SAGA, used 247 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
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