Had a hankering
The crossword clue "Had a hankering" is answered by YEARNED, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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YEARNED
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Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. 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 YEARNED
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEARNED, most used first.
- Longed (for) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Longed - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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- Had the lead - STARRED, used 17 times
- Had on - SPORTED, used 12 times
- "I've had enough!" - THATSIT, used 7 times
- Had high hopes - ASPIRED, used 6 times
- "You had your chance!" - TOOLATE, used 6 times
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