The Clue
Christmas ___, in a Dickens tale (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PAST
Tags
Notes
The answer PAST is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
After
Ago
Beyond
Completed
Ex-
Finished
Gone
Gone by
History
History, with "the"
Onetime
Over
Previous
Tense
One of the tenses
Yesterday
Yesterdays
Yesteryear
After the hour
Ancient history
Bygone days
Days of yore
Events gone by
Former life
Future's opposite
Ghost of Christmas ___
Historian's concern
Kind of master
Kind of participle
Kind of tense
All our yesterdays
It may be checkered
Like water under the bridge
What Sandburg called "a bucket of ashes"
What today will be tomorrow
Definition
PAST as a noun:
1. (past, past times, yesteryear, yore) = the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
2. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
3. (past, past tense) = a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
PAST as an adjective:
1. earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
2. (past, preceding, retiring) = of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
3. a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle"
PAST as an adverb:
1. (by, past) = so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"