August hrs.

The answer

DST

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DST answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DST

Every other clue in this collection answered by DST, most used first.

• Summer hrs. - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• "Spring ahead" hrs. - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• "Spring forward" letters - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• It ends in Nov. - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "Spring ahead" letters - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Summer time - used 18 times, most recently in 2006
• It ends in Oct. - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• "Spring forward, fall back" letters - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Aug. clock setting - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• "Spring ahead" abbr. - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• "Spring forward" hrs. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Mar.-to-Nov. hrs. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Mar.-to-Nov. setting - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Clock change inits. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Clock-setting abbr. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Early hrs. - AMS, used 100 times
• Morning hrs. - AMS, used 91 times
• Evening hrs. - PMS, used 48 times
• Chicago hrs. - CST, used 28 times
• August sign - LEO, used 24 times
• Chicago winter hrs. - CST, used 22 times

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