| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Desirous of being flush, when off to the West Indies (7) | ||
| Expressing a hope (7) | ||
| Desirous (7) | Puzzler | 29 Aug 2024 |
| Optimistic wife has one flush to play | ||
| Kind of thinking | Thomas Joseph | 20 May 2021 |
| Optimistic | The Times Concise | 17 Dec 2017 |
| Like some thinking | New York Times | 16 Jul 2017 |
| Like some thinking | ||
| Type of thinking | Eugene Sheffer | 19 Feb 2016 |
| Desirous | ||
| __ thinking | ||
| Like some thinking | ||
| Type of thinking | ||
| Eager |