Dark period
The crossword clue "Dark period" is answered by NIGHT, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NIGHT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NIGHT answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 8 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.
- NIGHTTIME (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NIGHT
Every other clue in this collection answered by NIGHT, most used first.
- Dark time - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Dusk to dawn - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Period after sunset - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Time to retire - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Dark - UNLIT, used 186 times
- Not in the dark - AWARE, used 51 times
- "___ in the Dark" - ASHOT, used 47 times
- Dark wood - EBONY, used 35 times
- "Wait ___ Dark" - UNTIL, used 31 times
- Dark fur - SABLE, used 27 times
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