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Hanker Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is YEARN which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
verb

• desire strongly or persistently

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

• have affection for; feel tenderness for

96%4Exact Match!
adjective

• primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

• primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified

• good at remembering

• holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices

• (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration

adverb

• for an extended time or at a distant time

• for an extended distance

adjective satellite

• of relatively great height

• involving substantial risk

• planning prudently for the future

• having or being more than normal or necessary

verb

• desire strongly or persistently

95%3Exact Match!
noun

• a yearning for something or to do something

• the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen

verb

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
The Guardian Quick10 Mar 2021 Down 18
The Guardian Quick24 Jul 2018 Down 19
New York Times30 Dec 2001 Across 104
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