Gave for a while

The answer

LENT

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

Used 35 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 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.

• LENTTO (4 uses in xd)
• LOANED (2 uses in xd)
• LENTOUT (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
• Fasting period - used 33 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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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