Eager - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'eager' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for avid that I've seen before include "'Eager, zealous (4)'" , "Extremely keen" , "Fanatical" , "Mad for diva" , "hungry" .)

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

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

'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 Penny Press and The Independent.

Eager (4)