Preceding times

The answer

EVES

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 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
• 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
• Holiday times - used 21 times, most recently in 1997
• 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
• 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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