Missing - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'missing' is the definition.
(something that's gone astray is missing)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for astray that I've seen before include "(Gone) off course" , "(Gone) in wrong direction" , "Wandering, off course" , "Wandering lost" , "Go . . . . . . - get lost" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the Evening Standard and The Mirror.

'missing' is the definition.
(military abbreviation for absent without leave)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for awol that I've seen before include "Absent without leave (abbr.)" , "unaccounted for" , "Absent without permission, in short" , "On the lam" , "Not present when supposed to be" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, The Sun, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Universal and The Mirror.

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

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for sans that I've seen before include "Without (literary)" , "Without (Fr.)" , "rooms for treating sick pupils" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, The Sun, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Universal and The Mirror.

'missing' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for lost that I've seen before include "Forgotten; misplaced" , "Mogul empire official; rich person" , "Baffled" , "TV series!" , "Unable to find one's way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, The Sun, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Universal and The Mirror.

'missing' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for gone that I've seen before include "Departed; used up" , "Departed, disappeared" , "Absent" , "Well in the past" , "Moved - died" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, The Sun, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Universal and The Mirror.

'missing' is the definition.
(I know that missing can be written as lacking)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for lacking that I've seen before include "Missing" , "Being without, wanting" , "Short" , "Deficient or inadequate" , "'Deficient, wanting (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

Missing (6)