Have a hankering
The crossword clue "Have a hankering" is answered by YEARN, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
YEARN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YEARN answer page.
Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YEARN
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEARN, most used first.
- Long (for) - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Long - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Pine - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Pine (for) - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Hanker - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Has to have - NEEDS, used 111 times
- Have a feeling - SENSE, used 100 times
- Good thing to have - ASSET, used 62 times
- Have a hunch - SENSE, used 58 times
- Must have - NEEDS, used 56 times
- Have faith in - TRUST, used 54 times
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