Fasting period
The crossword clue "Fasting period" is answered by LENT, a 4-letter entry. Used 33 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LENT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LENT answer page.
Used 33 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 6 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.
- RAMADAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by LENT, most used first.
- Fast time - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- Pre-Easter period - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Time to give up? - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave temporarily - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Mardi Gras follower - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Spring period - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Imparted. - used 38 times, most recently in 2014
- Easter lead-in - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave for a while - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Pre-Easter season - used 27 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.
- Prosperous period - BOOM, used 38 times
- Quiet period - LULL, used 29 times
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