Strong desire
The crossword clue "Strong desire" is answered by YEN, a 3-letter entry. Used 41 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
YEN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YEN answer page.
Used 41 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 14 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 YEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEN, most used first.
- Hankering - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
- Longing - used 200 times, most recently in 2026
- Japanese currency - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Craving - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Desire - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Itch - used 78 times, most recently in 2024
- Urge - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Japanese money - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Kyoto currency - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Kyoto cash - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong craving - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Capital of Japan - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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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 beer - ALE, used 38 times
- Strong cleaner - LYE, used 34 times
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