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"longing" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often yen (3 letters).
Definitions
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Word origin
From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).
Used in a sentence
“all natural lovings and longings”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Deep yearning”7 letters
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