The Clue
Eclipse, maybe, to the ancients (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OMEN
Tags
Notes
The answer OMEN is very common and appears about once every 43 puzzles.
Related Clues
Augur
Augury
Auspice
Harbinger
Indication
Portent
Presage
Sign
Awaited sign
Doomsayer's sign
Eclipse, to some
Handwriting on the wall
Mysterious sign
Oracle's utterance
"The ___," Peck vehicle
Prophetic sign
Prophet's reading
Sign for Cassandra
Straw in the wind
Broken mirror, say
Broken mirror, to some
With "The," G. Peck movie
Gathering clouds, say
Grist for a soothsayer's mill
Overcast sky, say
Parting of the heavens, maybe
Red sky, maybe
Shooting star, maybe
You might see one in an eclipse
1970s-'80s horror film franchise, with "The"
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"