Answer: HOPE
HOPE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 186 times.
Referring Clues:
- Bill Clinton's birthplace
 - Second of three virtues
 - Long (for)
 - "___ springs eternal"
 - Aspiration
 - "A waking dream," according to Aristotle
 - Chance for success
 - Word before and after "against"
 - One of Pandora's finds
 - Crossed fingers symbolize it
 - Pessimist's lack
 - What an optimist always has
 - "A waking dream": Aristotle
 - Rhode Island's motto
 - Desire
 - Clinton's birthplace
 - Crosby partner
 - “A good breakfast, but an ill supper”: Francis Bacon
 - Bob of "Thanks for the Memory"
 - Bad thing to abandon
 - A good breakfast, but a bad supper, according to Francis Bacon
 - "Keep ___ alive!"
 - Crosby and Lamour's frequent costar
 - Be optimistic
 - It springs eternal
 - Optimist's attribute
 - Comedian born with the first name Leslie
 - Lamour's "My Favorite Brunette" costar
 - Longing
 - Anticipatory feeling
 - Feeling of optimism
 - The only medicine for the miserable, according to Shakespeare
 - Crosby's "Road" partner
 - Despair's opposite
 - Motto of the Ocean State
 - Emily Dickinson's "thing with feathers"
 - Good thing not to give up
 - Diamond name
 - Entertainer who was a Congressional Gold Medal recipient in 1962
 - Show optimism
 - Rhode Island motto
 - Wish sincerely
 - Wish earnestly
 - Partner of Faith and Charity
 - Crosby costar
 - Wish (for)
 - What remained in Pandora's box
 - Actress Davis
 - Earnest wish
 - Crosby's ''Road'' partner
 - Word before and after ''against''
 - ''The Audacity of ___''
 - Rosy anticipation
 - Crossed fingers can symbolize it
 - Legendary entertainer
 - Fervent wish
 - Crosby's road companion
 - Yearning
 - Great expectations
 - Crosby's traveling companion
 - It remained in Pandora's box
 - Expectancy
 - Famous Diamond
 - Optimists have it
 - Optimism
 - Word before and after against
 - Optimistic emotion
 - Companion of faith and charity
 - Faith and Charity's partner
 - What was left in Pandora's box
 - One might lose it in a crisis
 - Play Pollyanna
 - It stayed in Pandora's box
 - Word on a 2008 Obama poster
 - Crosby crony
 - Think positive
 - A good breakfast, but an ill supper: Francis Bacon
 - "The Audacity of ___"
 - One of Faith's friends?
 - Dream found in this puzzle's seven longest answers
 - All that remained in Pandora's box
 - Fraser valley town
 - Fraser River town
 - Mount _______ , Ontario
 - Faith, ___ and love
 - Cross one's fingers
 - Thing left in Pandora's box
 - Comedian Bob ___
 - Faith and charity pal
 - Aspire
 - Crosby's pal
 - Crosby's frequent costar
 - Optimist's feeling
 - 'The Audacity of ___'
 - Crosby co-star, often
 - Longtime USO emcee
 - Crosby pal
 - Crosby co-star
 - Crosby's longtime pal
 - Clinton's hometown
 - Anticipation
 - Clinton hometown
 - Bill Clinton's hometown
 - 'Old Ski Nose'
 - Expectation
 - Actress Lange
 - 2008 campaign word
 - Bob, the comedian
 - Fabulous diamond
 - 2008 campaign theme
 - ___ Diamond
 - Wish for something
 - Host of a record number of Oscar ceremonies
 - Wishful feeling
 - Bob with jokes
 - Optimistic feeling
 - Clinton's Arkansas hometown
 - _______ , Fraser Valley town
 - Obama campaign concept
 - Keep the faith
 - Obama campaign word
 - Crosby's comedy costar
 - Arkansas town where Bill Clinton was born
 - Bill Clinton's Arkansas birthplace
 - Expect
 - Emcee for the Oscars 18 times
 - 2008 Obama catchword
 - "___ is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness": Desmond Tutu
 - "413 ___ Street"
 - Cynic's lack
 - Desire eagerly
 - Wish
 - 'The Audacity of '
 - Last thing in Pandora's box
 - Great expectation
 - Optimistic view
 - "The thing with feathers / That perches in the soul": Dickinson
 - Pandora's box residue
 - Thing to never give up
 - See 22-Down
 - Dickinson's percher "in the soul"
 - Optimistic wish
 - "413 ___ st."
 - Aspire (to)
 - 2008 Obama slogan word
 - Ray of ___
 - Have expectations
 - 2008 Obama poster word
 - Think positively
 - HP ( Fraser valley town)
 - Partner of pray
 - See 9-Down
 - What optimists don't give up
 - Be wishful
 - Expectation of something desired
 - What you might do when you cross your fingers
 - It springs eternal, in a saying
 - It's optimistic
 - Last element in Pandora's box
 - 2008 political catchword
 - Aristotle's "waking dream"
 - Have optimism
 - Michigan college
 - "The thing with feathers," per Dickinson
 - "To live without ___ is to cease to live": Dostoyevsky
 - Francis Bacon's "Good breakfast but ... a bad supper"
 - Bit of optimism
 - Eternal optimist's feeling
 - "I ___ so!"
 - "Cross my heart and ___ to die"
 - "I sure ___ so!"
 - "I ___ you're happy!"
 - Crossed-fingers sentiment
 - Optimism for the future
 - Pandora's box remnant
 - Feeling under the weather?
 - Word at the center of Rhode Island's flag
 - Intend
 - Last thing left in Pandora's box
 - A "waking dream," per Aristotle
 - Word on Rhode Island's flag
 - Obama poster word
 - Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak
 - "Fingers crossed" feeling
 - "Let's ___ so"
 - Word on either side of "against"
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 25, 2025
 - USA Today - July 04, 2025
 - USA Today - May 26, 2025
 - USA Today - February 28, 2025
 - USA Today - December 18, 2024
 - New York Times - November 27, 2024
 - LA Times - October 07, 2024
 - USA Today - September 10, 2024
 - LA Times - August 23, 2024
 - New York Times - May 19, 2024
 - New York Times - May 17, 2024
 - New York Times - April 06, 2024
 - USA Today - December 19, 2023
 - LA Times - September 23, 2023
 - LA Times - June 27, 2023
 - USA Today - March 20, 2023
 - New York Times - January 07, 2023
 - LA Times - November 29, 2022
 - LA Times - October 14, 2022
 - LA Times - September 30, 2022
 
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