Brief period
The crossword clue "Brief period" is answered by SPELL, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPELL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPELL answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 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.
- SHORTRUN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPELL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPELL, most used first.
- Compete in a bee - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Be in a bee - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Incantation - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Period of time - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Hex - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Participate in a bee - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Relieve - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Enchantment. - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Bit of witchcraft - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Witch's incantation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Witch's work - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Wizard's incantation - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Magic incantation - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Short period - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Brief brawl - SETTO, used 42 times
- Brief - SHORT, used 30 times
- Brief fight - SETTO, used 29 times
- Brief appearance - CAMEO, used 26 times
- Historical period - EPOCH, used 26 times
- Brief argument - SETTO, used 25 times
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