Historical time

The answer

ERA

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

Used 28 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• EPOCH (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERA

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

• Historical period - used 383 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic time - used 309 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic period - used 277 times, most recently in 2026
• Pitcher's stat - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
• Epoch - used 220 times, most recently in 2026
• Pitching stat - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorable time - used 167 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable time - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
• Mound stat - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable period - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
• Important time - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Chapter of history - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Slice of history - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorable period - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Period of history - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Chapter in history - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Victorian, for one - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant period - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of Good Feelings - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Big Band ___ - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Hurler's stat - used 55 times, most recently in 2023
• Notable time period - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Stretch of history - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Stretch of years - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Period in history - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Period of note - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Important period - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Distinctive period - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Time to remember - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• "It's the end of an ___" - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Victorian ___ - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Time in history - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Noteworthy period - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Important age - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant time - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• End of an ___ - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Timeline segment - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic stretch - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Paleozoic, for one - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Noteworthy time - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant time period - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Span of history - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Time of note - used 27 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Long, long time - EON, used 302 times
• Very long time - EON, used 212 times
• One ___ time - ATA, used 188 times
• Many a time - OFT, used 135 times
• Back in time - AGO, used 102 times
• One-time link - ATA, used 90 times

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