The Clue
Eclipse ... black cat ... future (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OMEN
Tags
Notes
The answer OMEN is very common and appears about once every 43 puzzles.
Related Clues
Augury
Auspice
Boding
Foreboding
Foretoken
Harbinger
Indication
Portent
Presage
Sign
Warning
Eclipse, maybe
Oracle's utterance
Peck movie, with "The"
Quest of a haruspex
Sign of the future
Sign to heed
Sign from on high
Sign to read
Sign for the superstitious
Soothsayer's aid
Straw in the wind
1976 horror hit, with "The"
Black cat, e.g.
Black cat, maybe
Black cat, to some
Broken mirror, say
Parting of the heavens, maybe
Shooting star, maybe
Black cat or eclipse, maybe
Red sky at morning, e.g.
Sign that may not be benign
Definition
OMEN as a noun:
1. (omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy) = a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
OMAN as a noun:
1. (Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman) = a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
OMEN as a verb:
1. (bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict) = indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"