December 24th or 31st

The answer

EVE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Apple sampler - 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
• 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

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