The Clue
Historical times (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ERAS
Tags
Notes
The answer ERAS is very common and appears about once every 35 puzzles.
Related Clues
Ages
Generations
Periods
Times
Alexandrian and Augustan
Alexandrian and Napoleonic
Archeozoic, Paleozoic, etc.
Augustan and Actian
Big times
Bygone times
Chapters in history
Christian and Caesarean
Chronological periods
Eventful stretches
Greek and Roman
Historic periods
Important periods
Important times
Julian and Sidonian
Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Mesozoic and Paleozoic
Mound stats
Notable periods
Notable times
Precambrian and others
Significant periods
Stages of history
Time periods
Time spans
Timeline divisions
Victorian and Edwardian
Cenozoic and Paleozoic, e.g.
Five geological periods
Memorable periods of time
Noteworthy periods of time
Times old and new
You were, to Cato
Gay Nineties and Roaring Twenties
Sections of a natural history museum, maybe
They're often associated with world leaders
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