Apple sampler

The answer

EVE

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 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.

• ADAM (9 uses in xd)

Other clues for EVE

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

• Night before - used 235 times, most recently in 2026
• First lady - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
• Second person - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Night before a holiday - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Genesis name - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• New Year's ___ - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Holiday lead-in - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Adam's mate - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Prior night - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Cain's mother - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Day before a holiday - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Leading lady? - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Christmas ___ - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• First mate? - used 46 times, most recently in 2021
• She raised Cain - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• The night before - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Cain raiser - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• 12/24 or 12/31 - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Genesis woman - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Adam's madam - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• "All About ___" - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Brink - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Actress Arden - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Time of anticipation - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Anticipatory time - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Garden party? - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" rapper - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Planning time - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic time. - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Eden evictee - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Holiday time - used 26 times, most recently in 2003
• Abel's mother - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Preceding night - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• December 24, e.g. - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Threshold - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Seth's mother - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• December 24 or 31 - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• WALL-E's love - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Adam and __ - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• First mother - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Morn's opposite - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Night before a big day - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Time before - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Wife of Adam - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Day before - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• First woman - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Night of anticipation - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Previous night - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Second of all? - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• 12/24, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• 12/24, for one - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• 12/31, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Actress Plumb of "The Brady Bunch" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Festive night, often - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Holiday forerunner - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Holiday precursor - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Abel's mom - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• All Hallows' ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cain's mom - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Holiday harbinger - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Plumb of "The Brady Bunch" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Serpent's victim - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Allhallows ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Anticipatory night - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Eden exile - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Garden of Eden woman - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Holiday prelude - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "Killing ___" (Sandra Oh show) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Morn's counterpart - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Night before the big day - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Preceding time - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Three Faces of ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Woman. - used 11 times, most recently in 1970
• Eden resident - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Eden woman - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Holiday cusp - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Miss Arden - used 10 times, most recently in 1975
• Party time, maybe - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "The mother of all living" - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• "Who's That Girl?" rapper - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Apple picker - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Big night - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• December 31, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Eden name - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• First wife? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Genesis matriarch - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not a creature was stirring" time - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Preceding period - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "Tambourine" rapper - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• The day before - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "The stag at ___ . . . " - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
• Time to prepare - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Wife without in-laws - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Adam's wife - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Arden of "Our Miss Brooks" - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Conductor Queler - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Dec. 24, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• December 24th or 31st - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Holiday brink - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Original sinner - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "Paradise Lost" character - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Time of day - used 8 times, most recently in 1976
• Victim of temptation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Woman in a garden - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Day of anticipation - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Early evictee - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Eden dweller - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Eden outcast - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Exciting night - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• First family member - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Forbidden fruit taster - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Genesis outcast - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Halloween, to All Saints' Day - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Mother of Cain - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Three-faced woman of film - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Twilight - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Woman in Eden - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Adam's partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Adam's rib - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "All About ___" (1950 film) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple consumer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Chronological threshold - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Early exile - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Festive night - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Gangsta Lovin'" rapper - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Garden evictee - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Garden of Eden resident - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Genesis figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Grandmother of Enos - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Joanne Woodward title role - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• "Killing ___" (Sandra Oh series) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Mother of all matriarchs - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Mother of Cain and Abel - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Night for celebration - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Poetic time of day. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Raiser of Cain - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Second person in Genesis - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Serpent's pigeon? - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Sistine Chapel figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Snake charmee - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Three-faced woman - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Time for last-minute Christmas wrapping - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Time to revel - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Apple computer - MAC, used 73 times
• Big Apple sch. - NYU, used 59 times
• Apple platform - IOS, used 49 times
• "___ in apple" - AAS, used 48 times
• Apple pie ___ mode - ALA, used 46 times
• Apple product - MAC, used 32 times

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