Clues for the word "WANT"
We've had 80 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 248 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on August 24, 2026.
Definition of want
- v. i. - The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
- v. i. - Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
- v. i. - That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
- v. i. - A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
- v. t. - To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
- v. t. - To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
- v. t. - To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
- v. i. - To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
- v. i. - To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
Referring Clues
- Go without
- Lust after
- Poverty
- Covet
- "I ___ my Maypo!"
- Desire
- Have too little
- Have a yen for
- Kind of ad
- Privation
- Any entry on a Dear Santa list
- Desire or require
- Be deficient in
- "What do you ___?"
- Crave
- "What Women ___" (Mel Gibson movie)
- Suffer a lack of
- Lack
- Hope for
- Are after
- Feel a need for
- "I ___ my Maypo!"
- Letter-to-Santa word
- Need alternative
- Uncle Sam poster word
- Pine for
- Long for
- Thirst for
- Desire to have
- Fancy
- Call for
- "I ___ my Maypo!"
- Deficiency
- Have a craving for
- Yearn for
- Wish for
- Would like to have
- Ad intro
- Hanker after
- Have need of
- Verb on a classic Uncle Sam poster
- Verb in a letter to Santa
- Hunger for
- Scarcity
- Hanker for
- State of poverty
- Have an itch for
- Deprivation
- I just ___ my pants back"
- Be bereft of
- Wish
- Word before ad
- Desire bigtime
- Disturbed song about desire?
- Neil Diamond "Yesterday's gone, now all I ___ is a smile"
- "Don't You ___ Me" Human League
- "You Can't Always Get What You ___"
- Desire - deficiency
- Require
- Need
- Be short, like a sickly cat's tail
- Pale award for acting student included without restraint
- Do people need to be in it?
- 23rd Psalm verb
- Need a centre-forward, a six footer
- The Beatles' "I ___ to Hold Your Hand"
- Hankering
- Hunger or thirst
- The desire of a woolly-headed six-footer
- Would like
- In ___ of
- "I ___ out!"
- Need to trim the rowan tree
- Crave, e.g.
- Do people need to be in it?
- Item on a wish list
- Wish list item
- "How many peanuts do you ___?"
- Have too little of
- Have a hankering for
Last Seen In
- New York Times - August 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - August 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 17, 2026
- LA Times - June 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 16, 2026
- Daily American - February 28, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 11, 2025
- Daily American - June 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 24, 2025
- Daily American - February 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 10, 2025
- LA Times - February 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 22, 2025
- Family Time - January 06, 2025
- LA Times - December 03, 2024
- Daily American - November 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2024
- Daily American - October 29, 2024
- Family Time - October 27, 2024
- New York Times - October 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 25, 2024
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