Holiday times

The answer

EVES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVES answer page.

Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 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.

• YULES (4 uses in xd)

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
• Holiday preceders - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Times to call, in ads - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Preceding nights - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Diary": Twain - used 16 times, most recently in 2006
• Anticipatory nights - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Days before - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Nights of anticipation - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Dec. 24 and 31 - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Brinks - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Holiday forerunners - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Nights before big days - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Preceding periods - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Chronological brinks - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Holiday nights - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Party times - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Two days in December - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Arden and others - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• Holiday precursors - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic times. - used 8 times, most recently in 1967
• Preceding times - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Times of day - used 8 times, most recently in 1974
• Times to revel - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Twain's "___ Diary" - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
• December 24th and 31st - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Nights, in classifieds - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Nights prior - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Nights spent in anticipation - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Pre-holiday times - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Preholiday nights - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Times for preparation - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Times in classifieds - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Two December days - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Big nights - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Celebratory nights - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Festive nights - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Times for celebrating - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Times to party - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Twilight times - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Historic times - ERAS, used 186 times
• Important times - ERAS, used 100 times
• Length times width - AREA, used 86 times
• Historical times - ERAS, used 76 times
• Times. - ERAS, used 74 times
• Memorable times - ERAS, used 70 times

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