Avid desire Crossword Clue

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Avid desire Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. United States golfer (1902-1971)
2. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DESIRE (verb)
1. expect and wish
2. feel or have a desire for; want strongly
DESIRE (noun)
1. an inclination to want things
2. something that is desired
AVID (adjective)
1. marked by active interest and enthusiasm
2. (often followed by `for’) ardently or excessively desirous

More Newsday Crossword (1/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Sneaks by

11. Clods

15. 'Anybody home?'

16. One of a long-running morning trio

17. Break

18. Iron-testing org.

19. Sports apparel

20. Place permanently, perhaps

22. Google Maps shortcut

23. Effortless way to advance

24. Fully unloaded?

27. Kaput

28. Where to collect your thoughts

30. Affair party

33. About whom Jack Warner unwisely fumed, "This gangster stuff went out with Cagney"

34. DJ sound effects

36. Only thought

37. Yonder

38. Unimaginative

39. Pledge drives

40. Touchscreen instruction

42. Play just for fun

45. His name is mud

46. All for the maestro

47. Dr. King's "highest good"

48. Corsica ferry destination

50. What you'd never want to be slapped with

53. 'Mind. Blown.'

54. 1883, e.g.

55. Chain key

56. "What you're into" shares

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Down

1. Bonsai material

2. Hard to see

3. Woman related to Liz

4. Role-playing secondary characters

5. Hack work?

6. Craft designation

7. Public projections

8. Sci-fi staples

9. Held up

10. Stirs

11. Where Chicken & Sausage Gumbo is served weekly

12. Take out in anger

13. Provider of routine supplies

14. Keep from littering

21. Lacking improvement

24. Unsurpassed in incivility

25. What all big league pitchers must now be

26. Major candy corn confectioner

27. English bitter adaptation

29. Where Mandela rang a bell in 2002

30. Large charge

31. Metaphor for major movies

32. One of Billboard's Greatest Girl Group Songs

33. Immerse yourself (in)

35. Most in need of refreshment

39. First woman on a Wheaties box front (1984)

41. Fare on some conveyor belts

43. Turn away

44. 54-Across scenery

45. Warrior word inspired by samurai films

47. Middle management strategy

49. Try to follow

51. Green seed

52. Dandy

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