Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Truancy, e.g. (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ABSENCE
Tags
Notes
The answer ABSENCE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.
Related Clues
Lack
Truancy
Failure to appear
Fondness intensifier
Fondness promoter?
"___ makes the heart..."
Cause of more fondness?
Item on a pupil's record
Report card notation
It may be excused
It makes the heart grow fonder
Definition
ABSENCE as a noun:
1. the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
2. failure to be present
3. the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"
4. (petit mal epilepsy, absence) = epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities)