Cryptic crossword clue
Feel a need for wife to meet social worker

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WANT

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The straight part
We know that "Feel a need for" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case feel a need for = want.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WANT mean?

WANT noun
  1. A desire, wish, longing.
  2. (often followed by of) Lack, absence.
  3. Poverty.
  4. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
  5. A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
WANT verb
  1. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
  2. (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
  3. To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
  4. (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
  5. (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
  6. (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
  7. To be lacking or deficient or absent.
  8. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
  9. To lack and be without, to not have (something).
  10. (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.

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