Great enthusiasm

The answer

ZEAL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZEAL answer page.

Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 6 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.

• ZEST (15 uses in xd)
• ARDOR (14 uses in xd)
• GUSTO (11 uses in xd)
• MANIA (2 uses in xd)
• ELAN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ZEAL

Every other clue in this collection answered by ZEAL, most used first.

• Enthusiasm - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Fervor - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
• Passion - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Ardor - used 66 times, most recently in 2024
• Gusto - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Fire - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Fanaticism - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Gung-ho feeling - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Fervency - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Gung-ho quality - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Intense enthusiasm - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Intensity - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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• One of the Great Lakes - ERIE, used 258 times
• Tennis great Arthur - ASHE, used 225 times
• Great Lake - ERIE, used 112 times
• Soccer great - PELE, used 108 times
• Jazz great Fitzgerald - ELLA, used 95 times

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