Clues for the word "URGE"
We've had 326 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1963 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on December 12, 2025.
Definition of urge
- v. t. - To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- v. t. - To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- v. t. - To provoke; to exasperate.
- v. t. - To press hard upon; to follow closely
- v. t. - To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
- v. t. - To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
- v. i. - To press onward or forward.
- v. i. - To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Referring Clues
- Feel the ___
- Prod
- Push
- Encourage
- Itch
- Give a little push
- Plead for
- Importune
- Press
- Yen
- Drive
- Inner drive
- Natural impulse
- Recommend
- Spur
- Press for
- Exhort
- Impulse
- More than suggest
- Basic impulse
- It may be irresistible
- See 46-Across
- Egg
- Craving
- Implore
- Impel
- Goad
- Desire
- Spur on
- Press on
- Press upon
- Basic desire
- Push for
- Motivation
- Advocate
- Hankering
- Twist the arm of
- Longing
- Give a nudge, so to speak
- Lean on
- Adjure
- Strongly advise
- Spur (on)
- Press, as to vote
- Force onward
- Addict's bugbear
- The munchies, for one
- Egg on
- Coax
- Strong inclination
- Cajole
- Do some arm-twisting
- Spur to action
- Compulsion
- Try to persuade
- The munchies, e.g.
- Prompt
- Dangle a carrot before
- Primal calling
- Primal impulse
- Force the issue
- Force along
- Move along
- Stimulate
- Sudden impulse
- Insistent impulse
- Arm-twist
- Sudden desire
- Insist earnestly
- Recommend earnestly
- Involuntary impulse
- Advocate earnestly
- Seven-year itch, for one
- Lobby
- Instinctive impulse
- Lobby for
- Something hard to resist
- Strongly encourage
- Yearning
- Cacoëthes
- Strong desire
- Itchy feet, say
- Pressure
- ___ Overkill (alternative rock band)
- Powerful impulse
- Overwhelming want
- Admonish
- Strongly recommend
- Primal instinct
- It may be hard to resist
- Try to convince
- Spur, with "on"
- Driving force
- Seriously recommend
- Apply pressure
- Prod on
- Argue for
- Suggest strongly
- Internal motivation
- Wanderlust, e.g.
- Recommend strongly
- Advise strongly
- Push along
- Encourage heartily
- Advocate forcefully
- Nudge forward
- Sudden hankering
- Gambling bug, e.g.
- Libido, for one
- Hard-to-resist yen
- Spontaneous motivation
- Strongly suggest
- Inclination
- Use friendly persuasion
- Do some gentle arm-twisting
- Give motivation to
- Prompt, in a way
- Counsel positively
- It may be uncontrollable
- Strong impulse
- Earnestly advocate
- Impel with vigor
- Entreat
- Prevail upon
- Strong temptation
- Give a push
- Push vigorously
- Strong feeling
- The munchies, for example
- Primal desire
- Pressing feeling
- Push forward
- What an addict fights
- Do lobbying
- Attempt to persuade
- Incite
- Entreat earnestly
- Instinctive motive
- Do more than ask
- Driving need
- Solicit strongly
- Surge of desire
- Egg, in a way
- Provide the impetus for
- Incite
- Seriously suggest
- Itch
- Do some prodding
- Persuade
- Hard-to-control impulse
- Instinctive desire
- Burning desire
- Impel with force
- Goad on
- Impulsive force
- Advocate pressingly
- Encourage forcefully
- Be an advocate
- Encourage strongly
- Compelling itch
- Lean hard on
- Feeling of lust
- You might resist it
- Deep drive
- Beseech
- Deep feeling
- Hunger
- See 30-Across
- Plead with
- Addict's "itch"
- Highly recommend?
- Wanderlust, for instance
- Attempt to convince
- Appetite, e.g.
- Do some pressing
- Word from the Latin for "force"
- Whim
- It may be irrestible
- Compel
- Advocate adamantly
- Impetus
- It might be sexual
- Drive on
- It may be sexual
- Twist an arm
- Hard-to-ignore impulse
- Insist upon
- Give a push to
- Insist on
- Hard-to-resist impulse
- Chocolate craving, e.g.
- Hard-to-ignore feeling
- The munchies, say
- Overpowering itch
- Impulsive feeling
- Strong craving
- Give a nudge to
- The munchies, for instance
- Put pressure on
- Surge of interest
- Advocate strongly
- Sudden craving
- Often-squelched thing
- Thing that's hard to resist
- Tell to "Do it!"
- Sugar craving, say
- Motivate
- Inner desire
- Thing that may be hard to resist
- Give a gentle elbow to
- Plead with, say
- Push to do something
- Sudden yearning
- Press strongly
- Chocoholic's craving, e.g.
- Twist one's arm
- Bladder control issue
- Press some courgettes
- Provoke
- It's fought by willpower
- Need
- Reckless yearning
- "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" coverers ___ Overkill
- Strong impulse (4)
- Encourage onward
- Joni Mitchell: "___ for Going"
- "Sister Havana" band ___ Overkill
- Sepultura song about a desire?
- ___ Overkill
- Desire to spend all your money on tix
- St. Louis ska/thrash metal band The ___
- St. Louis "Jump Right In" band The ___
- Rob Zombie album "The Sinister ___"
- Wish to drive out without parking
- Strong, restless desire
- Impulse to take up, say, sport
- Appeal to counsel
- Press (persistently)
- The desire to upset socially superior Reg
- The driving desire of our generation
- Beg leader to abandon witch-hunt
- Impulse of the bourgeoisie
- Impel - impulse
- Prompt action?
- Drive is something in our genes
- Surgeon dispatching boy on impulse
- Press used by Turgenev
- Addict's torment
- Temptation
- Hard-to-resist feeling
- Id component
- Product of the id
- Surgeon's inner compulsion
- Libido is located in our genitals
- Impulse to say game should be turned round
- Press "Clear": it fails at first
- Encourage caviar maker: just take heart
- Appeal to
- Impel, exhort
- Advocate(4)
- Impel, egg on
- Drive in flow not using second
- Strongly recommend some beefburgers
- Impulse for our generation
- Irresistible impulse
- Egg on hamburger? Not entirely!
- Wanderlust or the munchies
- Advise
- Don't merely ask
- Advocate with oomph
- "I ___ you to reconsider"
- Powerful craving
- Push for strongly
- Petition
- More than just suggest
- It might be hard to resist
- Be persuasive
- Tell to "Act now!," e.g.
- Implore or persuade
- Hard-to-control desire
- It's a feeling
- Twist the arm of, so to speak
- For instance, game briefly written up in press
- Give a little push to
- Be insistent about
- Beg
- See 27-Down
- More than merely suggest
- Compelling desire
- Primal feeling
- Recommend highly
- More than just advise
- Shopaholic's craving, e.g.
- Gnawing hunger, e.g.
- Strong longing
- Natural desire
- Encourage or prod
- Don't just ask
- Sudden itch
- More than just ask
- Appeal to; goad
- One is often hard to resist
- Advocate for
- Instigate
- Try to get someone to do what you want
- Push (to do)
- Inner feeling
- A strong impulse
- It's hard to fight
- Strongly advocate
- Say "Do it!"
- Something an ascetic might fight
- Natural feeling
- Jones, so to speak
- Desire to do something
- Desire to sneak a cookie, for example
- Try to get someone to do something
- Hard-to-resist thing
- Compulsive feeling
- Pressing desire
- Insist
- Push (to)
- Drive forward
- "Irresistible" feeling
- Strong push
- Hard-to-resist desire
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - December 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 15, 2025
- LA Times - November 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2025
- LA Times - October 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 08, 2025
- LA Times - September 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 26, 2025
- Daily American - September 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 15, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 07, 2025
- LA Times - September 05, 2025
- New York Times - August 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 08, 2025
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