Eager - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'eager' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for agog that I've seen before include "Impatient" , "Excitedly interested" , "Enthralled" , "Enthusiastic" , "Expectant and wide-eyed" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today, The Times, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

'eager' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for keen that I've seen before include "Eager; dirge" , "Eager; wail in grief" , "Innumerable" , "Sharp -- express grief" , "Eager - to lament the dead" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today, The Times, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

'eager' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for athirst that I've seen before include "Dry" , "Eager, avid (for)" , "wanting a drink" , "having keen desire" , "Needing a drink (Old English)" .)

'eager' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for wishful that I've seen before include "Desirous sort of thinking?" , "Optimistic" , "Aspirant" , "(Of thinking) not based on hard facts" , "This thinking is based on desire rather than fact (7)" .)

'eager' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ardent that I've seen before include "Enthusiastic, eager" , "Ranted, being impassioned" , "Intensely devoted" , "Fiery and passionate" , "Hot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and the Penny Press.

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