The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ITCHES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ITCHES
- Cockney’s mention of 'old-ups is irritating
- Hags who liberated wife’s urges?
- Essential for strategic game: player stows board
- Companion takes drugs after sex urges
- The thing without a head dies — dies
- Hags lacking women’s desires
- Desires bringing problems for ‘Arry
- Hay fever symptoms result when grasses lose outer part of stamen
- Single, hot, enters party bringing back cravings
- Urges military tours after the first
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The straight part
We know that "Desires" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case desires = itches.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ITCHES mean?
ITCHES noun- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
- A constant teasing desire or want.
- To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- To cause to feel an itch.
- To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.