The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word YEARN , but the solution may also be MISS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Long for crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YEARN | 32 % | 5 |
| ACHE | 17 % | 4 |
| CRAVE | 13 % | 5 |
| DESIRE | 10 % | 6 |
| WANT | 7 % | 4 |
| COVET | 7 % | 5 |
| MISS | 7 % | 4 |
| PINE | 2 % | 4 |
| WISH | 2 % | 4 |
| HOPE | 2 % | 4 |
| HANKER | 1 % | 6 |
| ASPIRE | 1 % | 6 |
| PANT | 1 % | 4 |
Why may PINE be the right solution?
The word "pine" can mean to yearn or long for something. Therefore, "Long (for)" is a clue that is hinting at the answer "PINE".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Long for
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- longed-for
- long-pending
- lasting
- long-awaited
- long-lasting
- here to stay
- long-standing
- permanent
- perpetual
- yearslong
- desired
- durative
Crossword Answer definitions
YEARN verb- To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- To curdle, as milk.
- Yearning; yen.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result YEARN
- Long
- Long for
- Feel a longing
- Want badly
- Hanker after, with "for"
- Harbor longings
- Long (for)
- Feel nostalgia, e.g.
- Pine
- Have a hankering
More clues leading to the result ACHE
- Head starter
- Charley horse
- Dull pain
- Head ailment
- Pain in the neck
- Pine
- Sore point
- Sore spot
- Tummy trouble
- Yearn
More clues leading to the result CRAVE
- Desire
- Have a yen for
- Hunger for
- Want. Really. Badly.
- Ache for
- Desire strongly
- Long for
- More than want
- Desire with fire
- Lust after
More clues leading to the result DESIRE
More clues leading to the result WANT
- Fancy
- Thirst for
- Word on an Uncle Sam poster
- Entry on a wish list
- Have a hankering
- Have one's heart set on
- Hanker for
- Verb in a letter to Santa
- Needy condition
- Be deficient in
More clues leading to the result COVET
- 10th Commandment word
- Have a yen for
- Break the Tenth Commandment
- Long to have
- Want badly
- Break a Commandment
- Feel envious about
- Badly desire?
- Tenth Commandment word
- Begrudge
More clues leading to the result MISS
- Get the wrong idea
- Overlook
- ___ Saigon (Broadway musical)
- Pageant contestant
- Pine for
- Flower girl's courtesy title
- Don't connect
- Be nostalgic for
- Feel nostalgic for
- Take a raincheck
More clues leading to the result PINE
- Cone-bearer
- Yearn
- Grieve for
- Lodgepole tree
- Turpentine source
- Long (for)
- Car freshener scent
- Cleaner scent
- Cleaning product scent
- Feel a loss
More clues leading to the result WISH
- Desire
- Request to a genie
- World peace, e.g.
- It may lead to a broken bone
- Genie's grant
- Genie's bestowal
- "Make a ___!"
- Gift from a genie
- Take advantage of a falling star
- You may break a bone after you've made one
More clues leading to the result HOPE
- Anticipation
- Bob of "Road" films
- Clinton's birthplace
- Partner of faith and charity
- Anthony or Bob
- Wish for
- Wish for something
- Expectation
- Clinton's hometown
- A cardinal virtue
More clues leading to the result HANKER
- Long
- Yearn
- Desire strongly (with "for")
- Yearn (for)
- Crave.
- Yearn for.
- Yearn.
- Long for
- Crave, with "for"
- Have a yen (for)
More clues leading to the result ASPIRE
- Aim high
- Set a lofty goal
- Have hopes that may never be fulfilled
- Have high hopes
- Have a taste for
- Have big plans
- Hitch one's wagon to a star
- Strive toward
- Have ambitions
- Set lofty goals