Eager - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

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

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

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

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

This is all the 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 all the 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 Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The Independent and the Penny Press.

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

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for intent that I've seen before include "set" , "Mean to" , "Meaning -- determined" , "Objective" , "Committed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The Independent and the Penny Press.

Eager (4)