The Clue
Certain years (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TEENS
Tags
Notes
The answer TEENS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Adolescents
13 to 19
Acne age
Adolescent period
Awakening period
Babysitters, typically
Cold temps
Difficult age
Difficult period
"Difficult years"
Formative years
Freshmen, usually
Frivolous years
High schoolers
H.S. students
Parenting challenges
Salad days
Years of youth
Youthful time
Youthful years
Chief buyers of albums
Coming-of-age period
High-school students
Many MTV watchers
New drivers, usually
New voters, often
Our salad days
Period of rapid growth
Rebellious years, often
SAT takers, e.g.
Seven-year stretch
Some salad days
Some up-and-comers
Tense time for many
Troublesome times, for many
Winter reading, say
"The Wonder Years" years
First-time drivers, often
Most driver's ed students
Period 'twixt 12 and 20
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, e.g.
Definition
TEENS as a noun:
1. the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
2. all the numbers that end in -teen
TEEN as a noun:
1. (adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen) = a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity