Holiday preceders
The crossword clue "Holiday preceders" is answered by EVES, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EVES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVES answer page.
Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EVES
Every other clue in this collection answered by EVES, most used first.
- Nights before - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Nights before holidays - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Days before holidays - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Holiday lead-ins - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- 12/24 and 12/31 - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Anticipatory times - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Prior nights - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- December 24 and 31 - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Pre-holiday nights - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Dec. holiday - XMAS, used 35 times
- Holiday song - NOEL, used 23 times
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