The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word YEARNS
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More clues leading to the result YEARNS
- Yen merits getting longs
- Longs to have time with partners at table
- Hankers after a name in time
- School classes obtaining new longs
- Longs for time with game partners
- Stories involving English desires
- Longs for time with heartless son; returns
- Longs to use English in stories
- Long time near the poles
- Wishes for direction in tales
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The straight part
We know that "longs" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case longs = yearns.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does YEARNS mean?
YEARNS verb- To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- To curdle, as milk.