Period before Easter

The answer

LENT

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

Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Advanced - used 41 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
• Fasting period - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Pre-Easter season - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Loaned - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Church season - used 22 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
• Before long - SOON, used 120 times
• Nights before - EVES, used 119 times
• "___ the night before ..." - TWAS, used 100 times
• Easter flower - LILY, used 94 times
• Nights before holidays - EVES, used 81 times

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