| Wearisome trash talk with pained crying (4,8,5,3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Be fond of |
Commuter |
15 Oct 2025 |
| "Moves ___ Jagger," 2011 electropop song popular in clubs which surprisingly has a lullaby version |
|
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| Enjoy |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2025 |
| "It's not what it looks ___," cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like "Blades of Glory" and "The Matrix" |
|
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| Dig |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Aug 2025 |
| A Town ___ Alice, Nevil Shute novel (4) |
|
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| Heart on Instagram, say |
|
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| Enjoy a match (4) |
|
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| Common conversational filler word |
|
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| Enjoy match (4) |
|
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| 1964 novel by Anthony Burgess (4) |
|
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| --> Me ____ a Grudge" |
USA Today Quick |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Thumbs up |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
29 May 2025 |
| Filler word, often |
|
|
| Be pleased with the kilt when it's turned round a bit (4) |
|
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| Enjoy urban myth about King (4) |
|
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| "What I ___ About You" |
|
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| Not dissimilar from |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Similar to |
Commuter |
11 Apr 2025 |
| ___ a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan hit (4) |
|
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| Similar to |
Commuter |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Be fond of something similar |
|
|
| & 23. Famous book by Nevil Shute (1,4,4,5) |
|
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| Similar |
Mirror Quick |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Take a shine to |
Family Time |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Enjoy being equal (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Mar 2025 |
| "Girls ___ You," song by Maroon 5 whose music video features an ensemble cast including Olympian Aly Raisman and Mary J. Blige |
|
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| Admire on Facebook |
|
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| Similar to |
Commuter |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Similar to every other Elvis, keen! (4) |
|
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| Think well of |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Enjoy a tour of Kiel (4) |
|
|
| Enjoy being similar (4) |
|
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| Similar to |
Commuter |
03 Feb 2025 |
| As linkages without snag (4) |
|
|
| Conversational filler word |
|
|
| Be fond of |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Fancy it's similar to (4) |
|
|
| Facebook action |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Marilyn Monroe film Some ___ It Hot |
|
|
| Facebook thumbs-up |
|
|
| Some - It Hot |
|
|
| Similar to |
Premier Sunday |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Have a crush on |
Universal |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Have a crush on |
Universal |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Find agreeable, being similar (4) |
|
|
| Be fond of |
Commuter |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Enjoy showing a resemblance (4) |
|
|
| Comparable to |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Similar to, matching |
|
|
| Facebook button symbolized by a thumbs-up |
Universal |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Similar to |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Enjoy line by Eisenhower |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Post positive |
|
|
| ___ a bear with a sore head : very irritable? |
|
|
| -Actually. romantic comedy (4) |
|
|
| Facebook's "thumbs up" feature |
|
|
| Show appreciation, on Facebook |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Similar to ?have affection for" (4) |
|
|
| Similar to |
Commuter |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Similar to |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Admire |
Family Time |
09 Sep 2024 |
| ___ and subscribe (YouTuber's request) |
|
|
| Akin to love |
|
|
| Characteristic of, you fancy (4) |
|
|
| Take to, in the same way (4) |
|
|
| Be fond of |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Aug 2024 |
| KIEL |
|
|
| Characteristic of Latin American statesman |
The Times Mephisto |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Action that gives positive feedback to your social media friend |
|
|
| Be fond of one of the same kind (4) |
|
|
| To enjoy having some resemblance (4) |
|
|
| Akin to |
Commuter |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Facebook option along with "Comment" and "Share" |
|
|
| Much the same as "Care to?" (4) |
|
|
| Be fond of closely resembling (4) |
|
|
| Some ___ It Hot, Marilyn Monroe film (4) |
|
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| "___, share, and subscribe" (influencer's request) |
|
|
| When repeated, have actual romantic feelings for |
|
|
| In the same way, be partial to (4) |
|
|
| Facebook action |
Universal |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Enjoy |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Dig, perhaps |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Be happy with not being different (4) |
|
|
| Enjoy the same sort of things |
|
|
| Button of approval on social media |
Universal |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Have a crush on |
USA Today |
14 Feb 2024 |
| Have a fondness for (4) |
Puzzler |
13 Feb 2024 |
| "Worked ________ a charm!" |
|
|
| Akin to |
Commuter |
09 Feb 2024 |
| £1 for a piece of cake to enjoy (4) |
|
|
| Approve of |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Enjoy |
Mirror Quick |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Relish being similar |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Be keen on |
|
|
| "___ I care!" |
|
|
| Be fond of |
Commuter |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Find appealing |
Commuter |
26 Dec 2023 |
| 'When - stars his children crowned', part of a carol (4) |
|
|
| Akin to |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Take a shine to |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Have a crush on |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Take a fancy to |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Thumbs-up response |
New York Times |
25 Nov 2023 |
| "___, share, subscribe!" (YouTuber's sign-off, maybe) |
|
|
| Prefer |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Facebook verb |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Unit of popularity on social media |
Universal |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Take a shine to? |
|
|
| Facebook action |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Reminiscent of |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Facebook's thumbs-up |
|
|
| Facebook thumbs-up |
|
|
| Dig |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Jul 2023 |
| YouTube thumbs-up |
|
|
| Instagram "heart" |
|
|
| Similar |
Thomas Joseph |
31 May 2023 |
| Fancy |
Wall Street Journal |
25 May 2023 |
| "I ___ It," 2010 song by Enrique Iglesias featuring rapper Pitbull that peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 |
|
|
| Facebook's "thumbs-up" |
|
|
| Thumbs-up button |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Instagram "heart" |
|
|
| When doubled, really like |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Have a crush on |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Be fond of |
Universal |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Take a shine to |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2023 |
| 'Um' relative |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Thumbs-up on Facebook |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Dig |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Similar |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Dec 2022 |
| Social media button |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Facebook thumbs-up |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Facebook "thumbs up" feature |
|
|
| Prefer |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Facebook's thumbs-up option |
|
|
| Sleep ___ a baby |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2022 |
| Similar to |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2022 |
| Instagram heart |
|
|
| Be fond of |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2022 |
| "___ a Cowboy," 2014 song by country music artist Randy Houser |
|
|
| Perhaps describing bolts no longer stuck fast? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Mar 2022 |
| "I Really ___ You," song by Carly Rae Jepsen whose title is also a declaration of feelings |
|
|
| Such as |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Facebook option |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Hit the thumbs-up button |
Family Time |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Have a crush on |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Thumbs-up button |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Similar to; find attractive |
The Times Concise |
12 Nov 2021 |
| Thumbs-up, on Facebook |
Universal |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Enjoy doing |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Take pleasure in |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Thumbs-up icon meaning |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Facebook thumbs-up |
|
|
| Facebook button |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Facebook button |
The Washington Post |
16 Jul 2021 |
| __ mad: to the max |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2021 |
| __ mad: to the max |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2021 |
| YouTube vote |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2021 |
| YouTube vote |
The Washington Post |
09 Jun 2021 |
| What Facebook's thumbs-up icon means |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Facebook button |
|
|
| Bank's lightning strike, for example |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 May 2021 |
| Identical to the four characters in The Killers setting up |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 May 2021 |
| Social media approval |
Universal |
12 May 2021 |
| Facebook feature |
|
|
| Fond of First Lieutenant Eisenhower? |
|
|
| Akin to |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2021 |
| ___, share, subscribe |
|
|
| Simile word |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Twitter reaction |
Universal |
02 Dec 2020 |
| Facebook response |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Facebook response |
The Washington Post |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Teen's conversation filler |
Newsday |
29 Nov 2020 |
| "___ Smoke," song by Amy Winehouse featuring Nas which was released posthumously in 2011 |
|
|
| Nirvana's "Smells ___ Teen Spirit" |
|
|
| Analogous |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Aug 2020 |
| Not quite love |
Family Time |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Be fond of |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Facebook thumbs-up |
|
|
| 'What's that ___?' |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2020 |
| Go for |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2020 |
| Go for |
The Washington Post |
17 Jul 2020 |
| Enjoy |
USA Today |
16 Jul 2020 |
| What a thumbs-up icon might represent |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Common filler word |
Universal |
20 May 2020 |
| "That's What I ___," 2016 Grammy-winning song by Bruno Mars from his third studio album |
|
|
| Twitter button represented by a heart |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Such as |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Apr 2020 |
| Facebook "thumbs up" |
|
|
| Word in many similes |
Universal |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Similar to |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2020 |
| 'They don't think it be ___ it is, but it do' (Oscar Gamble |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Enjoy doing |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2019 |
| Resembling |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Nov 2019 |
| Facebook icon |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Fake news about king that teenagers now repeat constantly |
|
|
| Enjoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Sep 2019 |
| Fancy corresponding? |
|
|
| Go for |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2019 |
| Similar |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2019 |
| Enjoy |
Newsday |
14 May 2019 |
| Similar to |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2019 |
| Similar to |
The Washington Post |
07 May 2019 |
| Similar |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Apr 2019 |
| "Friends ___ Us" one of the titles of the series before it became "Friends" |
|
|
| Facebook verb |
Universal |
27 Mar 2019 |
| Typical of |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Adore someone |
|
|
| What an extended thumb might indicate |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2019 |
| What an extended thumb might indicate |
The Washington Post |
02 Feb 2019 |
| Facebook action |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Find attractive |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2019 |
| What an extended thumb might indicate |
|
|
| Facebook icon |
|
|
| Find attractive |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Similar |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Facebook verb |
|
|
| Be fond of |
Premier Sunday |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Similar |
The Times Concise |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Thumbs up in Facebook |
|
|
| Find appealing |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2018 |
| Admire |
Family Time |
02 Sep 2018 |
| Fancy a twin? |
|
|
| Much-overused filler word |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Admire Liberal 50s President |
|
|
| Facebook thumbs-up |
The Washington Post |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Facebook thumbs-up |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Facebook action |
The New Yorker |
21 May 2018 |
| Prefer |
Thomas Joseph |
02 May 2018 |
| Reminiscent of |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Apr 2018 |
| Are fond of |
Family Time |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Left Tina's ex-husband, getting a thumbs-up on social media |
|
|
| Facebook action |
Jonesin |
09 Jan 2018 |
| Much-overused filler word |
|
|
| Find appealing |
|
|
| Reminiscent of |
|
|
| Facebook thumbs-up |
|
|
| Upturned-thumb Facebook button |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Take a fancy to |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2017 |
| FaceBook approval |
|
|
| Fancy |
New York Times |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Facebook thumb icon |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Facebook thumbs-up button |
USA Today |
02 Nov 2017 |
| Similar to |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Oct 2017 |
| Find pleasant |
The Times Concise |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Be partial to |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Not quite love |
Universal |
04 Jul 2017 |
| Facebook button |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Have a thing for |
Universal |
22 Jun 2017 |
| Facebook thumbs-up |
|
|
| Enjoy corresponding |
|
|
| Similar to |
The Times Concise |
26 Apr 2017 |
| Teen's interjection |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2017 |
| Take a shine to |
Family Time |
05 Feb 2017 |
| In the same way as life ain't no joke on the margins |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Feb 2017 |
| Enjoy |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2017 |
| Have a thing for |
|
|
| Upturned-thumb Facebook button |
|
|
| Teen's interjection |
|
|
| Facebook thumbs-up button |
|
|
| Facebook button |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| Not quite love |
|
|
| Fancy |
|
|
| See 13 Across |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Dec 2016 |
| Click a thumbs-up icon, say |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2016 |
| Akin to |
Universal |
18 Oct 2016 |
| Facebook thumb icon |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2016 |
| Reminiscent of |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2016 |
| Akin to |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2016 |
| Similar to |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Facebook button |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2016 |
| Part 3 of observation |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Facebook thumb icon |
|
|
| Similar to |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Nov 2015 |
| Have a fondness for |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Go for |
Universal |
03 Jul 2015 |
| Similar to |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Facebook action |
New York Times |
17 May 2015 |
| Enjoy |
Premier Sunday |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Facebook button |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Be fond of |
|
|
| Facebook button |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Have a fondness for |
|
|
| Cotton to |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| Facebook action |
|
|
| Facebook preference |
|
|
| Thumbs-up on Facebook |
|
|
| Have a taste for |
|
|
| Valley girl's filler |
|
|
| Reminiscent of |
|
|
| Cotton to |
|
|
| Favor |
|
|
| In a way, nonstandardly |
|
|
| Be sweet on |
|
|
| YouTube button word |
|
|
| Admire |
|
|
| Modern verbal crutch |
|
|
| Facebook option |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Styled after |
|
|
| Have feelings for |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Be fond of |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Resembling |
|
|
| Prefer |
|
|
| Enjoy doing |
|
|
| Analogous to |
|
|
| Prefer |
|
|
| Give a thumbs-up on Facebook |
|
|
| Be fond of |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Admire |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Facebook button |
|
|
| Admire |
|
|
| "___ a Virgin" |
|
|
| "Some ___ It Hot" (1959 comedy) |
|
|
| Filler word among teens |
|
|
| Have good feelings about |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Styled after |
|
|
| Styled after |
|
|
| ___ button (Facebook icon) |
|
|
| Care for |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| What "-oid" means |
|
|
| Resembling |
|
|
| Be partial to |
|
|
| In the vein of |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Valley girl word |
|
|
| Take pleasure in |
|
|
| Find appealing |
|
|
| Akin to |
|
|
| Valley girl word |
|
|
| "Black ___ Me" (John Howard Griffin memoir) |
|
|
| Not far from |
|
|
| Have a thing for |
|
|
| Have a thing for |
|
|
| Look kindly upon |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Teen's conversation filler |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Simile part |
|
|
| Be fond of |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Preference |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Be fond of |
|
|
| Comparable to |
|
|
| Be fond of |
|
|
| Dig |
|
|
| Word with "crazy" or "clockwork" |
|
|
| Are fond of |
|
|
| Valley girl's word |
|
|
| "Some ___ It Hot" (1959 Marilyn Monroe film) |
|
|
| Valleyspeak superfluity |
|
|
| Feel affection for |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Care for |
|
|
| Simile word |
|
|
| Valleyspeak word |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| Take to |
|
|
| Word with crazy or clockwork |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Typical of |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| In the vein of |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| Appreciate |
|
|
| Analogous |
|
|
| Reminiscent of |
|
|
| Parallel to |
|
|
| Find attractive |
|
|
| Saying, in teenspeak |
|
|
| Resembling |
|
|
| Similar |
|
|
| Akin to |
|
|
| Akin to |
|
|
| Saying, in teenspeak |
|
|
| "I ___ Ike" |
|
|
| Analogous |
|
|
| Find attractive |
|
|
| Teen interjection |
|
|
| Resembling |
|
|
| Resembling |
|
|
| Teen interjection |
|
|
| Filler word for teens |
|
|
| Take a shine to |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| Are partial to |
|
|
| In a class with |
|
|
| Correspondent |
|
|
| Valleyspeak word |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Analogous |
|
|
| Find enjoyable |
|
|
| Relish |
|
|
| Is fond of |
|
|
| Teen's sentence crutch |
|
|
| Simile word |
|
|
| Have good feelings about |
|
|
| Teen's sentence crutch, perhaps |
|
|
| Characteristic of |
|
|
| Teen's filler word |
|
|
| Word of Valleyspeak |
|
|
| "I ___ Ike" |
|
|
| Simile word |
|
|
| Similar to |
|
|
| Relish |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| Similar |
|
|
| Go for |
|
|
| "I _____ Ike" |
|
|
| Take to |
|
|
| Comparable to |
|
|
| Get off on |
|
|
| Care for |
|
|
| -ish |
|
|
| Similar |
|
|
| Word of Valleyspeak |
|
|
| Dig, so to speak |
|
|
| Prefer |
|
|
| Cotton to |
|
|
| Enjoy |
|
|
| As, to some admen |
|
|
| Comparable to |
|
|
| Much the same as |
|
|
| Be pleased by |
|
|
| "I ___ New York in June" |
|
|
| Simile word |
|
|
| ___ clockwork |
|
|
| Similar |
|
|
| ___ as not |
|
|
| Verb on a button in the 50's |
|
|
| Resembling |
|
|
| Admire |
|
|
| "Some ___ It Hot" |
|
|
| Camaign verb in the 50's |
|
|
| Akin |
|
|
| Take pleasure in |
|
|
| Feel inclined toward |
|
|
| "As You ___ It" |
|
|
| "___ a bat out of . . . " |
|
|
| Counterpart |
|
|
| ___ a bat out of . . . |
|
|
| Relish |
|
|
| Indistinguishable, with 15 Across and 56 Down |
|
|
| Enjoy. |
|
|
| Find agreeable. |
|
|
| Typical of. |
|
|
| Similar. |
|
|
| Take pleasure in. |
|
|
| Resembling. |
|
|
| Prefer. |
|
|
| Admire. |
|
|
| Favorite beatnik word. |
|
|
| Indicative of. |
|
|
| Equal. |
|
|
| Regard with favor. |
|
|
| Word in a current slogan. |
|
|
| Have kindly feelings toward. |
|
|
| Be fond of. |
|
|
| Characteristic of. |
|
|
| Parallel to |
|
|
| Feel inclined |
|
|
| Facebook button |
|
|
| Feel inclined. |
|
|