Period of sacrifice prior to Easter
The crossword clue "Period of sacrifice prior to Easter" is answered by LENT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LENT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LENT answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 2 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
- Period before Easter - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Church season - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Penitential period - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Period after Mardi Gras - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Period of penitence - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Post-Mardi Gras period - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- 40-day period - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Shrove Tuesday follower - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Spring time - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Pre-Easter time - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Fast period - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Fasting time - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Furnished - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
- It begins on Ash Wednesday - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- It follows Mardi Gras - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Afforded - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Allowed to borrow - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- 40-day observance - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Advanced, as cash - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Fasting season - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Penitent period - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Period of sacrifice - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Spring observance - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Gave for a bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Loaned out - used 6 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.
- Easter flower - LILY, used 94 times
- ___ Nui (Easter Island) - RAPA, used 45 times
- Like Easter eggs - DYED, used 43 times
- Prosperous period - BOOM, used 38 times
- Easter bloom - LILY, used 35 times
- Quiet period - LULL, used 29 times
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