Sense of yearning Crossword Clue

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Sense of yearning Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. expect and wish
2. feel or have a desire for; want strongly
(noun)
1. an inclination to want things
2. something that is desired

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

YEARNING (noun)
1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
SENSE (noun)
1. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
2. sound practical judgment
SENSE (verb)
1. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
2. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (6/12/2026) Answers

Across

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5. On a boat and feeling queasy

12. Kid-lit elephant often pictured with a green suit and yellow crown

13. Slim briefcase

14. Something "won" by people who have inherited great DNA

17. Prefix with "present" or "potent"

18. Ogden Nash described one with the line "one end is moo, the other, milk"

19. Insects that might live in a "supercolony"

20. ___ nuggets, chicken product with T-rex- and stegosaurus-shaped pieces

22. Meat, in Spanish

24. Some Punjabis

26. Dispatch, as a letter

28. Hawaiian garlands symbolizing "aloha"

29. Giggling syllable after "tee"

30. Like dollhouse furniture

32. Powerful direct effect

34. Painting style for Georges Seurat

37. Positive trend in economics

39. Surprisingly strong hypoallergenic material

40. A touchdown is worth six: Abbr.

43. Tense for something that already happened

44. Opportunity for a choir member to be in the spotlight

46. The first one was sent in 1971

48. Lock of hair

50. Skillets, et al.

52. Paintings in the Galleria degli Uffizi, e.g.

53. Like meds you don't need an Rx for

54. Tennis score after deuce

56. "Happy to hear that!"

58. Largest city between San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington

61. Sea ___, coral relative named for a colorful flower

62. Put on TV again

63. Parts of the eye that contain rods and cones

64. Poker player’s buy-in

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Down

1. Pastry that might contain cream cheese

2. Lyft alternative

3. No longer in style, say

4. ___ Lanka

5. Fish with a pink color named for it

6. Prestigious boarding school founded in 1440

7. Highest level of a house

8. Used a chair

9. Spot to buy a banana split

10. Persisting long-term

11. Florida island just 90 miles from Cuba

12. Something awesome that flies under the radar

14. "Aladdin" role for which James Monroe Iglehart won a Tony in 2014

15. Iconic Brooklyn amusement district

16. Rather unspecific amount of salt

21. ___ that special?

23. Swiss peaks

25. Begin to wake

27. Herb commonly used in pickling

31. Spots for lodgers

33. Actor Myers of "Wayne's World"

35. Things counted in baseball innings

36. Prince John, in Disney's "Robin Hood"

37. Meeting expectations

38. First section of a book, say

41. Saturn's largest moon

42. Thing pulled by a team of dogs at the Iditarod

45. Muses aloud

47. Actress Gyllenhaal or Smith

49. Word after hair or nail

51. Sound heard during a tornado drill

55. Actor Carvey of "Wayne's World"

57. What vegetarians eschew

59. "Did NOT need to know that …"

60. British singer Rita

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