The Clue
Historical spans (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ERAS
Tags
Notes
The answer ERAS is very common and appears about once every 35 puzzles.
Related Clues
Ages
Epochs
Periods
Big times
Christian and Caesarean
Christian and Roman
The Depression and others
Eventful stretches
Extended periods
Geologic succession
Great times
Historic times
Historical periods
History chapters
Long stretches
Paleozoic and Mesozoic
Period pieces
Periods for geologists
Periods of time
Precambrian and others
Precambrian and Paleozoic
Stages of history
Time periods
Time spans
Timeline divisions
Times in history
Varro and Vulgar
Greek and Roman, e.g.
It was, to Cicero
Memorable periods of time
Pitching stats, for short
They're full of dates
You were, to Cato
You were: Lat.
The Depression and the cold war, for two
Gay Nineties and Roaring Twenties
Geologists record five of these
"Ut ___!" (Caesar's "As you were!")
Post-Civil War Reconstruction and others
Definition
ERA as a noun:
1. (era, epoch) = a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
2. (era, geological era) = a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
3. (earned run average, ERA) = (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched